Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 19
... light . The introduction to this felicity is in a pri- vate and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man at one period and works a rev ...
... light . The introduction to this felicity is in a pri- vate and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man at one period and works a rev ...
Page 20
... lights up the whole world and all nature with its generous flame . It matters not therefore whether we attempt to describe the passion at twenty , at thirty , or at eighty years . He who paints it at the first period will lose some of ...
... lights up the whole world and all nature with its generous flame . It matters not therefore whether we attempt to describe the passion at twenty , at thirty , or at eighty years . He who paints it at the first period will lose some of ...
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... light , the morning and the night varied en- chantments ; when a single tone of one voice could make the heart beat , and the most trivial circumstance associated with one form is put in the amber of memory when he became all eye when ...
... light , the morning and the night varied en- chantments ; when a single tone of one voice could make the heart beat , and the most trivial circumstance associated with one form is put in the amber of memory when he became all eye when ...
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... other world of its own , out of which it came into this , but was soon stupefied by the light of the natural sun , and unable to see any other objects than those of this world , which are but shadows of real LOVE . 27.
... other world of its own , out of which it came into this , but was soon stupefied by the light of the natural sun , and unable to see any other objects than those of this world , which are but shadows of real LOVE . 27.
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... light proceeding from an orb . The rays of the soul alight first on things nearest , on every utensil and toy , on nurses and domestics , on the house and yard and passengers , on the circle of household ac- quaintance , on politics and ...
... light proceeding from an orb . The rays of the soul alight first on things nearest , on every utensil and toy , on nurses and domestics , on the house and yard and passengers , on the circle of household ac- quaintance , on politics and ...
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