Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 16
... meets Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows . The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is at the surface ...
... meets Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows . The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is at the surface ...
Page 27
... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , -when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar ...
... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , -when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar ...
Page 80
... meet in numerous conven- tions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
... meet in numerous conven- tions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
Page 88
... meet in every part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the ...
... meet in every part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the ...
Page 100
... meet as water meets water , or a current of air meets another , with perfect diffu- sion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity , and at- tempt at halfness , or good for me that is not ...
... meet as water meets water , or a current of air meets another , with perfect diffu- sion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity , and at- tempt at halfness , or good for me that is not ...
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