Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... relation and office to my fellow - creature . Has nature covenanted with me that I should never appear to disadvantage , never make a ridiculous figure ? Let us be generous of our dignity as well as of our money . Greatness once and ...
... relation and office to my fellow - creature . Has nature covenanted with me that I should never appear to disadvantage , never make a ridiculous figure ? Let us be generous of our dignity as well as of our money . Greatness once and ...
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... relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm ... relations , carries him with new sympa- thy into nature , enhances the power of the senses , opens the imagination ...
... relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm ... relations , carries him with new sympa- thy into nature , enhances the power of the senses , opens the imagination ...
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... error , whilst that of other men looks fair and ideal . Let any man go back to those delicious relations which make the beauty of his life , which have given him sincerest instruction and nourish- ment , he will 20 LOVE .
... error , whilst that of other men looks fair and ideal . Let any man go back to those delicious relations which make the beauty of his life , which have given him sincerest instruction and nourish- ment , he will 20 LOVE .
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... relations usurps in the conversation of society . What do we wish to know of any worthy person so much as how he has sped in the history of this sentiment ? What books in the circula- ting libraries circulate ? How we glow over these ...
... relations usurps in the conversation of society . What do we wish to know of any worthy person so much as how he has sped in the history of this sentiment ? What books in the circula- ting libraries circulate ? How we glow over these ...
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... relations ; what with their fun and their earnest , about Edgar and Jonas and Almira , and who was invited to the party , and who danced at the dancing - school , and when the singing - school would begin , and other nothings concerning ...
... relations ; what with their fun and their earnest , about Edgar and Jonas and Almira , and who was invited to the party , and who danced at the dancing - school , and when the singing - school would begin , and other nothings concerning ...
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