Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
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... body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phoebus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , where- in the face is a confused blur of features , but ...
... body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phoebus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , where- in the face is a confused blur of features , but ...
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... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to solid nature , inter- prets the riddle of Orpheus . The philosophical percep ...
... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to solid nature , inter- prets the riddle of Orpheus . The philosophical percep ...
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... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to ...
... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to ...
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... bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our ...
... bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our ...
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