Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 20
... side by wide stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once ...
... side by wide stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once ...
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... 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 the ornaments of architecture ...
... 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 the ornaments of architecture ...
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... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities , courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities , courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
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... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man , agent or pa- tient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the ...
... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man , agent or pa- tient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the ...
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... side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . There is a time in every man's ...
... side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . There is a time in every man's ...
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