EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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... Plutarch , Dante , Swedenborg , and the masters of sculpture , pic- ture , and poetry . For we are not pans and barrows , nor even porters of the fire and torch- bearers , but children of the fire , made of it , and only the same ...
... Plutarch , Dante , Swedenborg , and the masters of sculpture , pic- ture , and poetry . For we are not pans and barrows , nor even porters of the fire and torch- bearers , but children of the fire , made of it , and only the same ...
Page 13
... Plutarch and Shakespeare were in the yellow leaf , and Homer no more should be heard of . It is much to know that poetry has been written this very day , under this very roof , by your side . What ! that wonderful spirit has not expired ...
... Plutarch and Shakespeare were in the yellow leaf , and Homer no more should be heard of . It is much to know that poetry has been written this very day , under this very roof , by your side . What ! that wonderful spirit has not expired ...
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... Plutarch's heroes , do not in the records of facts equal their own fame . Sir Philip Sidney , the Earl of Essex , Sir Walter Raleigh , are men of great figure , and of few deeds . We cannot find the smallest part of the personal weight ...
... Plutarch's heroes , do not in the records of facts equal their own fame . Sir Philip Sidney , the Earl of Essex , Sir Walter Raleigh , are men of great figure , and of few deeds . We cannot find the smallest part of the personal weight ...
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