Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 37
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor 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 ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor 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 ...
Page 37
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor 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 ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor 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 ...
Page 38
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of ...
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of ...
Page 39
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
Page 54
... reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and not need for my own assurance or the assurance of mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do 54 SELF - RELIANCE . ,
... reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and not need for my own assurance or the assurance of mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do 54 SELF - RELIANCE . ,
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