Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... ourselves to the history of its production . We put ourselves into the place and historical state of the builder . We remember the forest dwellers , the first temples , the adherence to the first type , and the decora- tion of it as the ...
... ourselves to the history of its production . We put ourselves into the place and historical state of the builder . We remember the forest dwellers , the first temples , the adherence to the first type , and the decora- tion of it as the ...
Page 76
... ourselves that coward and robber , and shall be again , not in the low circumstances , but in comparison with the grandeurs possible to the soul . A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a ...
... ourselves that coward and robber , and shall be again , not in the low circumstances , but in comparison with the grandeurs possible to the soul . A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a ...
Page 167
... ourselves with ancient learning ; install ourselves the best we can in Greek , in Punic , in Roman houses , only that we may wiselier see French , English , and American houses and modes of living . In like manner , we see literature ...
... ourselves with ancient learning ; install ourselves the best we can in Greek , in Punic , in Roman houses , only that we may wiselier see French , English , and American houses and modes of living . In like manner , we see literature ...
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