Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 28
... face , one character , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not without pre - established harmony , this sculpture in the memory . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that ...
... face , one character , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not without pre - established harmony , this sculpture in the memory . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that ...
Page 33
... face and figure , and ac- quire by degrees the gentlest 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 ac- quire by degrees the gentlest 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 153
... face to face , accuser and accused , men offer them- selves to be judged . Against their will they exhibit EMERSON'S ESSAYS 153.
... face to face , accuser and accused , men offer them- selves to be judged . Against their will they exhibit EMERSON'S ESSAYS 153.
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