Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 14
... manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is ...
... manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is ...
Page 19
... manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed for us again in their literature , in epic and lyric poems , drama , and philosophy ; a very complete form . Then we have it once more in their ...
... manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed for us again in their literature , in epic and lyric poems , drama , and philosophy ; a very complete form . Then we have it once more in their ...
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... manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture or of pictures addresses . Civil and natural history , the history of art and of literature , must be explained from individual history , or must remain words . There is ...
... manners , the same power and beauty that a gallery of sculpture or of pictures addresses . Civil and natural history , the history of art and of literature , must be explained from individual history , or must remain words . There is ...
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... manner all public facts are to be indi- vidualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals ...
... manner all public facts are to be indi- vidualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals ...
Page 28
... manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury and elegance are not known . A ...
... manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury and elegance are not known . A ...
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