Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 23
... moon break out of the clouds at midnight , has been present like an arch- angel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a ...
... moon break out of the clouds at midnight , has been present like an arch- angel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a ...
Page 30
... moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they 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 ...
... moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they 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 ...
Page 73
... moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart appoints . If you are noble , I will love if you ; you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to ...
... moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart appoints . If you are noble , I will love if you ; you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to ...
Page 89
... moon , in tidal wave , Glows the feud of Want and Have . Gauge of more and less through space Electric star and pencil plays . The lonely Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void ...
... moon , in tidal wave , Glows the feud of Want and Have . Gauge of more and less through space Electric star and pencil plays . The lonely Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void ...
Page 131
... moon , comet , sun , star , fall for ever and ever . The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out and thoroughly knows how knowledge is acquired and character ...
... moon , comet , sun , star , fall for ever and ever . The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine . He who sees moral nature out and out and thoroughly knows how knowledge is acquired and character ...
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