Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... better . " T is to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy garlands , pleasures , triumphs , And prove thy fortitude what then ' t will do . Val . — But art not grieved ...
... better . " T is to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy garlands , pleasures , triumphs , And prove thy fortitude what then ' t will do . Val . — But art not grieved ...
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... strangers at their fireside , reckon narrowly the loss of time and the unusual display : the soul of a better quality thrusts back the un- seasonable economy into the vaults of life , 66 and says , 1 will obey the God , 10 HEROISM .
... strangers at their fireside , reckon narrowly the loss of time and the unusual display : the soul of a better quality thrusts back the un- seasonable economy into the vaults of life , 66 and says , 1 will obey the God , 10 HEROISM .
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... better grace to bannocks and fair water than belong to city feasts . The temperance of the hero proceeds from the same wish to do no dishonor to the worthi- ness he has . But he loves it for its elegancy , not for its austerity . It ...
... better grace to bannocks and fair water than belong to city feasts . The temperance of the hero proceeds from the same wish to do no dishonor to the worthi- ness he has . But he loves it for its elegancy , not for its austerity . It ...
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... Better still is the temperance of King David , who poured out on the ground unto the Lord the water which three of his warriors had brought him to drink , at the peril of their lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his ...
... Better still is the temperance of King David , who poured out on the ground unto the Lord the water which three of his warriors had brought him to drink , at the peril of their lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his ...
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... better valor and a purer truth shall one day execute their will and put the world to shame . Or why should a woman liken herself to any historical woman , and think , because Sappho , or Sévigné , or De Staël , or the cloistered souls ...
... better valor and a purer truth shall one day execute their will and put the world to shame . Or why should a woman liken herself to any historical woman , and think , because Sappho , or Sévigné , or De Staël , or the cloistered souls ...
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