Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 72
... seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain is par- ticular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Distress never , trifles never abate our trust . No man ever stated his griefs as ...
... seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain is par- ticular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Distress never , trifles never abate our trust . No man ever stated his griefs as ...
Page 98
... seems to me , to a quite other and unattainable sphere , to relations of transcendent delicacy and sweetness , a true faerie land ; to what roses and violets hint and foreshow . We cannot get at beauty . Its nature is like opaline doves ...
... seems to me , to a quite other and unattainable sphere , to relations of transcendent delicacy and sweetness , a true faerie land ; to what roses and violets hint and foreshow . We cannot get at beauty . Its nature is like opaline doves ...
Page 136
... seem to lose , is redeemed , and the pains they seem to take , remunerate themselves . These men fan the flame of ... seems not worth his while to be solemn , and denounce with bitterness flesh - eating , or wine - drinking , the use ...
... seem to lose , is redeemed , and the pains they seem to take , remunerate themselves . These men fan the flame of ... seems not worth his while to be solemn , and denounce with bitterness flesh - eating , or wine - drinking , the use ...
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