Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 15
... perfect in their senses and in their health , with the finest physical organisation in the world . Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies , and statues , such as healthy senses should - that ...
... perfect in their senses and in their health , with the finest physical organisation in the world . Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of children . They made vases , tragedies , and statues , such as healthy senses should - that ...
Page 25
... perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angel are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows that walk by us still . Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's ...
... perfect man , Commands all light , all influence , all fate ; Nothing to him falls early or too late . Our acts our angel are , or good or ill , Our fatal shadows that walk by us still . Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's ...
Page 30
... perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is , that it scatters your force . It . Do loses your time and blurs the impression of 30 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is , that it scatters your force . It . Do loses your time and blurs the impression of 30 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 37
... perfect faith is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; - the idlest reverie , the faintest ...
... perfect faith is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; - the idlest reverie , the faintest ...
Page 38
... perfect in every moment of its existence . Before a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower there is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature ...
... perfect in every moment of its existence . Before a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower there is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature ...
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