Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... of Pindar , a marble centaur , the peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Phocion ? Every one must have observed faces and forms which , without any resembling feature , make a like impression on EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... of Pindar , a marble centaur , the peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Phocion ? Every one must have observed faces and forms which , without any resembling feature , make a like impression on EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
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... face is a confused blur of features , but composed of incorrupt , sharply defined , and symmetrical features , whose eye - sockets are so formed that it would be im- possible for such eyes to squint , and take furtive glances on this ...
... face is a confused blur of features , but composed of incorrupt , sharply defined , and symmetrical features , whose eye - sockets are so formed that it would be im- possible for such eyes to squint , and take furtive glances on this ...
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... face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the ...
... face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the ...
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... face , one character , one fact , makes much impression on him , and another none . This sculpture in the memory is not without pre - established harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that ...
... face , one character , one fact , makes much impression on him , and another none . This sculpture in the memory is not without pre - established harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that ...
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... face and behaviour of children , babes , and even brutes ! That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a ... faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody : all con- form to it , so that one babe commonly makes four or five ...
... face and behaviour of children , babes , and even brutes ! That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a ... faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody : all con- form to it , so that one babe commonly makes four or five ...
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