Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 12
... true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
... true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
Page 13
... true aspirant therefore 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 ...
... true aspirant therefore 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 ...
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... true poem is the 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 ...
... true poem is the 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 ...
Page 25
... true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals of his archi- tecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the ...
... true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals of his archi- tecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the ...
Page 33
... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligi- ble to him , dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Esop , of Homer ...
... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligi- ble to him , dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Esop , of Homer ...
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