Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 17
... once more in their architecture , —the purest sen- suous beauty , -the perfect medium never over- stepping the limit of charming propriety and grace . Then we have it once more in sculpture , - " the tongue on the balance of expression ...
... once more in their architecture , —the purest sen- suous beauty , -the perfect medium never over- stepping the limit of charming propriety and grace . Then we have it once more in sculpture , - " the tongue on the balance of expression ...
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... once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once revealed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
... once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once revealed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
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... once heard given to a young person , " Always do what you are afraid to do . " A simple manly character need never make an apology , but should regard its past action with the calmness of Phocion , when he admitted that the event of the ...
... once heard given to a young person , " Always do what you are afraid to do . " A simple manly character need never make an apology , but should regard its past action with the calmness of Phocion , when he admitted that the event of the ...
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