Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision . The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency . All men have wandering im- pulses , fits and starts of generosity . But when you have resolved to be great , abide by yourself ...
... passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision . The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency . All men have wandering im- pulses , fits and starts of generosity . But when you have resolved to be great , abide by yourself ...
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... passing the deep attraction of its own truth , to a parcel of accidental and trivial circum- stances . In looking backward they may find that several things which were not the charm have more reality to this groping memory than the ...
... passing the deep attraction of its own truth , to a parcel of accidental and trivial circum- stances . In looking backward they may find that several things which were not the charm have more reality to this groping memory than the ...
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... walks , when all the fowls Are safely housed , save bats and owls , A midnight bell , a passing groan , These are the sounds we feed upon . ” Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! · He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; 24 LOVE .
... walks , when all the fowls Are safely housed , save bats and owls , A midnight bell , a passing groan , These are the sounds we feed upon . ” Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! · He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; 24 LOVE .
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... of the plastic arts . The statue is then beautiful when it begins to be incomprehensible , when it is passing out of criticism and can no longer be defined by compass and measuring wand , but demands an 26 305 LOVE .
... of the plastic arts . The statue is then beautiful when it begins to be incomprehensible , when it is passing out of criticism and can no longer be defined by compass and measuring wand , but demands an 26 305 LOVE .
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... passes through the body and falls to admire strokes of character , and the lovers contemplate one another in their discourses and their actions , then they pass to the true palace of beauty , more and more inflame their love of it , and ...
... passes through the body and falls to admire strokes of character , and the lovers contemplate one another in their discourses and their actions , then they pass to the true palace of beauty , more and more inflame their love of it , and ...
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