Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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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 sur- face ...
... 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 sur- face ...
Page 26
... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and Eng- lish , 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 Eng- lish , 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 77
... meet in numer- ous conventions ; the greater the concourse and with each new uproar of announcement , The del egation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
... meet in numer- ous conventions ; the greater the concourse and with each new uproar of announcement , The del egation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
Page 84
... 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 expira- tion 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 expira- tion of plants and animals ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the ...
Page 96
... meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity and attempt at halfness , or good for me that ...
... meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity and attempt at halfness , or good for me that ...
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