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 ...
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... poets , the romancers , do not in their state- liest 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 state- liest 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 ...
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... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature , be- trays itself in the use we make of the signal narra- tions of history . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts . No anchor , no ...
... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature , be- trays itself in the use we make of the signal narra- tions of history . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts . No anchor , no ...
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... 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 circum- stance . 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 circum- stance . 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 ada- and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 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 ada- and whilst I look at it its outline and texture mant streams into soft but precise ...
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