Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 24
... a sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institu tions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , 24 ESSAY I.
... a sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the caricature of institu tions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , 24 ESSAY I.
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... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms , of whose in- fluence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped , and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms , of whose in- fluence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped , and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
Page 31
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul , a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade ...
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul , a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faithful , and fade ...
Page 42
... youth and puberty and man- hood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
... youth and puberty and man- hood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
Page 71
... youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they . He carries ruins to ruins . Travelling is a fool's paradise . Our first jour- neys discover to us the indifference of places ...
... youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they . He carries ruins to ruins . Travelling is a fool's paradise . Our first jour- neys discover to us the indifference of places ...
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