EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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... express their affection in their choice of life , and not in their choice of words . The writer won- ders what the coachman or the hunter values in riding , in horses , and dogs . It is not superficial qualities . When you talk with him ...
... express their affection in their choice of life , and not in their choice of words . The writer won- ders what the coachman or the hunter values in riding , in horses , and dogs . It is not superficial qualities . When you talk with him ...
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... is multiform ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and , following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and so his speech flows with the THE POET . 21.
... is multiform ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and , following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and so his speech flows with the THE POET . 21.
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... grand as the eternity out of which it came , and , for many days after , he strove to express this tran- quillity , and , lo ! his chisel had fashioned out of marble the form of a beautiful youth , Phosphorus , 24 ESSAY I.
... grand as the eternity out of which it came , and , for many days after , he strove to express this tran- quillity , and , lo ! his chisel had fashioned out of marble the form of a beautiful youth , Phosphorus , 24 ESSAY I.
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... 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 neck , and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road , so ...
... 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 neck , and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road , so ...
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... express themselves sym- metrically and abundantly , not dwarfishly and fragmentarily . They found or put themselves in certain conditions , as , the painter and sculptor before some impressive human figures ; the orator , into the ...
... express themselves sym- metrically and abundantly , not dwarfishly and fragmentarily . They found or put themselves in certain conditions , as , the painter and sculptor before some impressive human figures ; the orator , into the ...
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