Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 17
... fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prome- theus ! Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology thinly veiling authentic ...
... fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prome- theus ! Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology thinly veiling authentic ...
Page 19
... fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the unceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise . The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he ...
... fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the unceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise . The universal nature , too strong for the petty nature of the bard , sits on his neck and writes through his hand ; so that when he ...
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... fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But per- ception is not whimsical , but fatal . If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind , —although it may chance that no one has seen it ...
... fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But per- ception is not whimsical , but fatal . If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind , —although it may chance that no one has seen it ...
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... fancy it rhetoric , when we speak of eminent virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men , plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities , nations ...
... fancy it rhetoric , when we speak of eminent virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men , plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities , nations ...
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... the- ology , and the people knew more than the preachers taught . The documents , too , from which the doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in COMPENSATION.
... the- ology , and the people knew more than the preachers taught . The documents , too , from which the doctrine is to be drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in COMPENSATION.
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