Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 47
... pass again into his neutral , godlike independence ! Who can thus lose all pledge , and having observed , observe ... passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and ...
... pass again into his neutral , godlike independence ! Who can thus lose all pledge , and having observed , observe ... passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and ...
Page 162
... passes through the body , and falls to admire strokes of character , and the lovers contemplate one another in their discourses and their actions , then , they pass to the true palace of Beauty , more and more inflame their love of it ...
... passes through the body , and falls to admire strokes of character , and the lovers contemplate one another in their discourses and their actions , then , they pass to the true palace of Beauty , more and more inflame their love of it ...
Page 238
... pass for what he is, and to speak from his character and not from his tongue ; and which evermore tends and aims to pass into our thought and hand, and become wisdom, and virtue, and power, and beauty. We live in succession, in division ...
... pass for what he is, and to speak from his character and not from his tongue ; and which evermore tends and aims to pass into our thought and hand, and become wisdom, and virtue, and power, and beauty. We live in succession, in division ...
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