Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 13
... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves , as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant therefore never ...
... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves , as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant therefore never ...
Page 34
... earth his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to orated by habits of conversation with nature . The 34 HISTORY .
... earth his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to orated by habits of conversation with nature . The 34 HISTORY .
Page 56
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon- 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon- 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 57
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon- 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon- 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 93
... they cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits probably be questioned in silence . If a man dog- without afterthought , if said in conversation would COMPENSATION . 93.
... they cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits probably be questioned in silence . If a man dog- without afterthought , if said in conversation would COMPENSATION . 93.
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