Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 44
... expression of one moral thing : and to the senses what more unlike than an ode of Pindar , a marble Centaur , the peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Pho- cion ? Yet do these varied external expres- sions proceed from ...
... expression of one moral thing : and to the senses what more unlike than an ode of Pindar , a marble Centaur , the peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Pho- cion ? Yet do these varied external expres- sions proceed from ...
Page 71
... expression . There is a mortifying experience , in particular , which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general history : I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel ...
... expression . There is a mortifying experience , in particular , which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general history : I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel ...
Page 78
... expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . All my wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; —the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emo- tion , are domestic and ...
... expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . All my wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; —the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emo- tion , are domestic and ...
Page 89
... expression of his countenance that he goes , the missionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sove- reign and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circum- navigation of the globe ...
... expression of his countenance that he goes , the missionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sove- reign and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circum- navigation of the globe ...
Page 90
... expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and ...
... expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and ...
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