EssaysJ. Munroe, 1841 - 303 pages |
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... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
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... body . In it existed those human forms which sup- plied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Pho- bus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the face is a con- fused blur of features ...
... body . In it existed those human forms which sup- plied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Pho- bus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the face is a con- fused blur of features ...
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... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conver- sation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and as it were , clap wings to all solid nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus , which was to his ...
... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conver- sation with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and as it were , clap wings to all solid nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus , which was to his ...
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... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dra- matic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief ...
... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dra- matic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief ...
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... body in soci- ety reminds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , reality , reminds you of nothing else . It takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
... body in soci- ety reminds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , reality , reminds you of nothing else . It takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
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