Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 6
... true , that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
... true , that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
Page 7
... true aspirant , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in dis- course . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning ...
... true aspirant , therefore , never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in dis- course . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning ...
Page 16
... true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the ...
... true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the ...
Page 19
... true , and Biogra- phy deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the no ...
... true , and Biogra- phy deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the no ...
Page 27
... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , dot- ted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Æsop , of Homer ...
... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , dot- ted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Æsop , of Homer ...
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