Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... never the same. She casts the same thought into troops of forms, as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral. Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into ...
... never the same. She casts the same thought into troops of forms, as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral. Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into ...
Page 13
... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every ...
... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every ...
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... never transgressing the ideal seren- ity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus of the ...
... never transgressing the ideal seren- ity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus of the ...
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... never gave over the nomadism of its barbarous tribes , but travelled from Ecbatana , where the spring was spent , to Susa in summer and to Babylon for the In the early history of Asia and Africa , Nomad- winter . HISTORY . 25.
... never gave over the nomadism of its barbarous tribes , but travelled from Ecbatana , where the spring was spent , to Susa in summer and to Babylon for the In the early history of Asia and Africa , Nomad- winter . HISTORY . 25.
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... sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ; good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . 50 SELF - RELIANCE .
... sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests ; good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . 50 SELF - RELIANCE .
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