EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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Page 27
... direction from its celestial life ; or , as the ancients were wont to express themselves , not with intellect alone , but with the intellect inebriated by nectar . As the traveller who has lost his way , throws his reins on his horse's ...
... direction from its celestial life ; or , as the ancients were wont to express themselves , not with intellect alone , but with the intellect inebriated by nectar . As the traveller who has lost his way , throws his reins on his horse's ...
Page 66
... always in a tendency or direction , not in an ac- tion . It is for us to believe in the rule , not in the exception . The noble are thus known from the ignoble . So in accepting the leading of the sen- 66 EXPERIENCE . ESSAY II .
... always in a tendency or direction , not in an ac- tion . It is for us to believe in the rule , not in the exception . The noble are thus known from the ignoble . So in accepting the leading of the sen- 66 EXPERIENCE . ESSAY II .
Page 99
... direction . The history of those gods and saints which the world has written , and then worshipped , are documents of character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to fortune , and who was hanged at the ...
... direction . The history of those gods and saints which the world has written , and then worshipped , are documents of character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to fortune , and who was hanged at the ...
Page 157
... direction is forever onward , but the artist still goes back for materials , and be- gins again with the first elements on the most ad- vanced stage : otherwise , all goes to ruin . If we look at her work , we seem to catch a glance of ...
... direction is forever onward , but the artist still goes back for materials , and be- gins again with the first elements on the most ad- vanced stage : otherwise , all goes to ruin . If we look at her work , we seem to catch a glance of ...
Page 160
... direction , which men and women have , without a spice of bigot and fa- natic , no excitement , no efficiency . We ... direction to hold them fast to their several aim ; makes them a little wrong- headed in that direction in which they ...
... direction , which men and women have , without a spice of bigot and fa- natic , no excitement , no efficiency . We ... direction to hold them fast to their several aim ; makes them a little wrong- headed in that direction in which they ...
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