Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 11
... sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact that befalls , —in the running river , and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from ...
... sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact that befalls , —in the running river , and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from ...
Page 50
... sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . My life should be unique ; it should be an alms , a battle , a conquest , a medicine . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know ...
... sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . My life should be unique ; it should be an alms , a battle , a conquest , a medicine . I ask primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know ...
Page 52
... sweet faces , have no deep cause , -disguise no god , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy ...
... sweet faces , have no deep cause , -disguise no god , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy ...
Page 63
... sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn , And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably , cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far off remembering of the intui- tion . That ...
... sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn , And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably , cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far off remembering of the intui- tion . That ...
Page 89
... sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure , has an equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer for its moderation with its life . For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly ...
... sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure , has an equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer for its moderation with its life . For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly ...
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