Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 158
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! ' He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the ...
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! ' He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the ...
Page 182
... behold now the semblance of my being in all its height , variety and curiosity , reiterated in a foreign form ; so that a friend may well be reck- oned the masterpiece of nature . The other element of friendship is Tenderness . We are ...
... behold now the semblance of my being in all its height , variety and curiosity , reiterated in a foreign form ; so that a friend may well be reck- oned the masterpiece of nature . The other element of friendship is Tenderness . We are ...
Page 218
... behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . Thou dost not , Martius , And therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old ...
... behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . Thou dost not , Martius , And therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old ...
Page 239
... behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by profane words , if sacred I may not use , to indicate the heaven of this deity , and to report what hints I have col ...
... behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by profane words , if sacred I may not use , to indicate the heaven of this deity , and to report what hints I have col ...
Page 252
... behold , is only an aspira- tion , or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power , not in the understanding . The whole intercourse of society , its trade ...
... behold , is only an aspira- tion , or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power , not in the understanding . The whole intercourse of society , its trade ...
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