Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 52
... face and figure , and acquire by degrees the gen- tlest asinine 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 ...
... face and figure , and acquire by degrees the gen- tlest asinine 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 ...
Page 181
... face him , and what love of na- ture , what poetry , what symbol of truth he had , he did certainly show him . But to most of us so- ciety shows not its face and eye , but its side and its back . To stand in true relations with men in a ...
... face him , and what love of na- ture , what poetry , what symbol of truth he had , he did certainly show him . But to most of us so- ciety shows not its face and eye , but its side and its back . To stand in true relations with men in a ...
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... face of strangeness she may put on . He feels a strict consanguinity , and detects more likeness than variety in all her changes . We are stung by the desire for new thought , but when we receive a new thought , it is only the old ...
... face of strangeness she may put on . He feels a strict consanguinity , and detects more likeness than variety in all her changes . We are stung by the desire for new thought , but when we receive a new thought , it is only the old ...
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