Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... things are ! And it cometh everywhere . I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakespeare's strain . THERE is one mind common to all ...
... things are ! And it cometh everywhere . I am owner of the sphere , Of the seven stars and the solar year , Of Cæsar's hand , and Plato's brain , Of Lord Christ's heart , and Shakespeare's strain . THERE is one mind common to all ...
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... sometime , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every HISTORY 5.
... sometime , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every HISTORY 5.
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... 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 , every plant , every animal in its growth ...
... 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 , every plant , every animal in its growth ...
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... things ; at the centre there is simplicity of cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognise the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that ...
... things ; at the centre there is simplicity of cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognise the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that ...
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... things are in man Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ...
... things are in man Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the ...
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