Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... writes the character of the wise man . All books , monuments , pictures , conversation , are portraits in which the wise man finds the linea- ments he is forming . The silent and the loud praise him , and accost him , and he is ...
... writes the character of the wise man . All books , monuments , pictures , conversation , are portraits in which the wise man finds the linea- ments he is forming . The silent and the loud praise him , and accost him , and he is ...
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... writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more at- tractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the ...
... writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more at- tractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the ...
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... write our annals- from an ethical reformation , from an influx of the ever new , ever sanative conscience , -if we would trulier express our central and wide - related nature , instead of this old chronology of selfishness and pride to ...
... write our annals- from an ethical reformation , from an influx of the ever new , ever sanative conscience , -if we would trulier express our central and wide - related nature , instead of this old chronology of selfishness and pride to ...
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... write our annalsfrom an ethical reformation , from an influx of the ever new , ever sanative conscience , - if we would trulier express our central and wide - related nature , instead of this old chronology of selfishness and pride to ...
... write our annalsfrom an ethical reformation , from an influx of the ever new , ever sanative conscience , - if we would trulier express our central and wide - related nature , instead of this old chronology of selfishness and pride to ...
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... write on the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Ex- pect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not ...
... write on the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Ex- pect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not ...
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