Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... FRIENDSHIP 110 7. PRUDENCE . 127 8. HEROISM 140 9. THE OVER - SOUL . 152 10. CIRCLES 171 11. INTELLECT . 185 12. ᎪᎡᎢ . 13. THE POET . 14. EXPERIENCE 15. CHARACTER 199 211 236 262 416919 PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307.
... FRIENDSHIP 110 7. PRUDENCE . 127 8. HEROISM 140 9. THE OVER - SOUL . 152 10. CIRCLES 171 11. INTELLECT . 185 12. ᎪᎡᎢ . 13. THE POET . 14. EXPERIENCE 15. CHARACTER 199 211 236 262 416919 PAGE 16. MANNERS 279 17. GIFTS 302 18. NATURE 307.
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... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius - anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ...
... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius - anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ...
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... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance ...
... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circumstance . Every chemical sub- stance ...
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... poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell pre - exist in the secreting ...
... poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder . In the man , could we lay him open , we should see the reason for the last flourish and tendril of his work ; as every spine and tint in the sea - shell pre - exist in the secreting ...
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... poet was no odd fellow who described strange and impossible situations , but that universal man wrote by his pen a confession true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him ...
... poet was no odd fellow who described strange and impossible situations , but that universal man wrote by his pen a confession true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him ...
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