Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 37
... hero , the 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 ...
... hero , the 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 ...
Page 37
... hero , the 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 ...
... hero , the 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 ...
Page 60
... heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The con- sciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advanc- ing actor . He is attended as by a visible escort of ...
... heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The con- sciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advanc- ing actor . He is attended as by a visible escort of ...
Page 104
... hero over the field at the wheels of the car of Achilles , and the sword which Hector gave Ajax was that on whose point Ajax fell . They recorded that when the Thasians erected a statue to Theagenes , a victor in the games , one of his ...
... hero over the field at the wheels of the car of Achilles , and the sword which Hector gave Ajax was that on whose point Ajax fell . They recorded that when the Thasians erected a statue to Theagenes , a victor in the games , one of his ...
Page 131
... say of the seraphim , and of the tin - peddler . There is no per- manent wise man except in the figment of the We have not dollars , merchants have ; let them Stoics . We side with the hero , as we read or SPIRITUAL LAWS . 131.
... say of the seraphim , and of the tin - peddler . There is no per- manent wise man except in the figment of the We have not dollars , merchants have ; let them Stoics . We side with the hero , as we read or SPIRITUAL LAWS . 131.
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