Essays: First series, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - 343 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page 37
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is ...
Page 38
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , — I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride ...
Page 54
... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of 54 SELF - RELIANCE .
... actions which are reckoned excellent . I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right . Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of 54 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 81
... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can ...
Page 86
... gift , or crime ; then he feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him and merely lies there because no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is , does al- ways by necessity acquire ...
... gift , or crime ; then he feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him and merely lies there because no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is , does al- ways by necessity acquire ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action appear beautiful soul beauty become behold better black event Bonduca Cæsar character conversation divine doctrine earth effect Egypt Epaminondas ergy eternal evanescent experience fable fact fear feel friendship genius gifts give Greek hand heart heaven Heraclitus heroism hour human intel intellect less light live look man's marriage ment mind moral nature never noble object OVER-SOUL painted pass perception perfect persons Petrarch Phidias Phocion picture Pindar Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry prudence relations religion Rome sculpture secret seek seems seen sense sensual sentiment Shakspeare society Socrates Sophocles soul speak Spinoza spirit stand Stoicism sweet talent teach tence thee things thou thought tion to-day to-morrow true truth ture universal virtue whilst whole wisdom wise words Xenophon youth