Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... tion of it as the wealth of the nation increased ; the value which is given to wood by carving led to the carving over the whole mountain of stone of a cathedral . When we have gone through this process , and added thereto the Catholic ...
... tion of it as the wealth of the nation increased ; the value which is given to wood by carving led to the carving over the whole mountain of stone of a cathedral . When we have gone through this process , and added thereto the Catholic ...
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... tion . The man must be so much that he must make all cir- cumstances indifferent , -put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a coun- try , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and ...
... tion . The man must be so much that he must make all cir- cumstances indifferent , -put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a coun- try , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and ...
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... tion . But though we cannot find the god under this disguise of a sutler , yet , on the other hand , we cannot forgive the poet if he spins his thread too fine , and does not substantiate his romance by the municipal virtues of justice ...
... tion . But though we cannot find the god under this disguise of a sutler , yet , on the other hand , we cannot forgive the poet if he spins his thread too fine , and does not substantiate his romance by the municipal virtues of justice ...
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