Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 19
... meets Osiris - Jove , a beautiful woman with noth- ing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows ! The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is , at ...
... meets Osiris - Jove , a beautiful woman with noth- ing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows ! The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is , at ...
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... meet his eyes . The pastoral nations were needy and hungry to desperation ; and this intel- lectual nomadism , in its excess , bankrupts the mind through the dissipation of power on a miscellany of objects . The home - keeping wit , on ...
... meet his eyes . The pastoral nations were needy and hungry to desperation ; and this intel- lectual nomadism , in its excess , bankrupts the mind through the dissipation of power on a miscellany of objects . The home - keeping wit , on ...
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... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , - The sun and when a truth that fired the ...
... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction be- tween Greek and English , between Classic and Ro- mantic schools , seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , - The sun and when a truth that fired the ...
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... meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the con- course and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
... meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the con- course and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
Page 90
... On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating in air or pent in stone , Will rive the hills and swim the sea And , like thy shadow , follow thee . III . COMPENSATION . EVER since I was a boy.
... On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating in air or pent in stone , Will rive the hills and swim the sea And , like thy shadow , follow thee . III . COMPENSATION . EVER since I was a boy.
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