The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page 856
... Ibid . , " Friendship " Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is ...
... Ibid . , " Friendship " Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is ...
Page 872
... Ibid . I had three chairs in my house : one for solitude , two for friendship , three for society . Ibid . The owner of the axe , as he released his hold on it , said that it was the apple of his eye ; but I returned it sharper than I ...
... Ibid . I had three chairs in my house : one for solitude , two for friendship , three for society . Ibid . The owner of the axe , as he released his hold on it , said that it was the apple of his eye ; but I returned it sharper than I ...
Page 881
... Ibid . , " Simple Simon " By rights , satire is a lonely and introspective occupation , for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self - inspection . Ibid . True satire is not the sneering substance that we know ...
... Ibid . , " Simple Simon " By rights , satire is a lonely and introspective occupation , for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self - inspection . Ibid . True satire is not the sneering substance that we know ...
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IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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