Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 17
... 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 Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one ...
... 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 Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one ...
Page 52
... expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak 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 at ...
... expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak 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 at ...
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... expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , —and , forthwith , troops of gentle thoughts invest them- selves , on every hand , with chosen words . See in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the ...
... expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , —and , forthwith , troops of gentle thoughts invest them- selves , on every hand , with chosen words . See in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the ...
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