Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 51
... affections must now enter into his ac- count . There is no Lethe for this . Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges and , having observed , ob- serve again from the same unaffected , unbiased ...
... affections must now enter into his ac- count . There is no Lethe for this . Ah , that he could pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges and , having observed , ob- serve again from the same unaffected , unbiased ...
Page 72
... affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , ' O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have lived with you after appearances hitherto . Hence ...
... affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , ' O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have lived with you after appearances hitherto . Hence ...
Page 140
... affections em- bodied in bad physiognomies . On the Alps the traveller sometimes beholds his own shadow magni- fied to a giant , so that every gesture of his hand is terrific . " My children , " said an old man to his boys scared by a ...
... affections em- bodied in bad physiognomies . On the Alps the traveller sometimes beholds his own shadow magni- fied to a giant , so that every gesture of his hand is terrific . " My children , " said an old man to his boys scared by a ...
Page 164
... affection between two parties ? Perhaps we never saw them before and never shall meet them again . But we see them exchange a glance or betray a deep emotion , and we are no longer strangers . We understand them and take the warmest ...
... affection between two parties ? Perhaps we never saw them before and never shall meet them again . But we see them exchange a glance or betray a deep emotion , and we are no longer strangers . We understand them and take the warmest ...
Page 165
... affectionate nature of woman flows out in this pretty gossip . The girls may have little beauty , yet plainly do they establish between them and the good boy the most agreeable , confiding relations ; what with their fun and their ...
... affectionate nature of woman flows out in this pretty gossip . The girls may have little beauty , yet plainly do they establish between them and the good boy the most agreeable , confiding relations ; what with their fun and their ...
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