Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... 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 soft but precise form before it, and whilst I look at it its outline and ...
... 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 soft but precise form before it, and whilst I look at it its outline and ...
Page 12
... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures , — in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius , anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better ...
... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures , — in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius , anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better ...
Page 17
... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical substance ...
... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical substance ...
Page 18
... 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 adaand whilst I look at it its outline and texture are mant streams into soft but precise ...
... 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 adaand whilst I look at it its outline and texture are mant streams into soft but precise ...
Page 22
... poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship - builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting ...
... poet's mind ; the true ship is the ship - builder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell preëxist in the secreting ...
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