Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 15
... seen how it could and must be . We have the sufficient reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic ...
... seen how it could and must be . We have the sufficient reason . The difference between men is in their principle of association . Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance ; others by intrinsic ...
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... seen the head of an old sachem of the forest , which at once reminded the eye of a bald mountain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested the strata of the rock . There are men whose manners have the same essential splen- dor as ...
... seen the head of an old sachem of the forest , which at once reminded the eye of a bald mountain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested the strata of the rock . There are men whose manners have the same essential splen- dor as ...
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... seen without heed . Let me add a few examples , such as fall within the scope of every man's observation , of trivial facts . which go to illustrate great and conspicuous facts . A lady , with whom I was riding in the forest , said to ...
... seen without heed . Let me add a few examples , such as fall within the scope of every man's observation , of trivial facts . which go to illustrate great and conspicuous facts . A lady , with whom I was riding in the forest , said to ...
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... seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By simply throwing ourselves into new circum- stances we do continually invent anew the orders and ...
... seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By simply throwing ourselves into new circum- stances we do continually invent anew the orders and ...
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... seen through the bare and crossing branches of the forest . Nor can any lover of nature enter the old piles of Oxford and the English cathedrals without feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel ...
... seen through the bare and crossing branches of the forest . Nor can any lover of nature enter the old piles of Oxford and the English cathedrals without feeling that the forest overpowered the mind of the builder , and that his chisel ...
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