EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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... GIFTS , • 139 ESSAY VI . NATURE , · 147 ESSAY VII . l'OLITICS , . 173 ESSAY VIII . NOMINALIST AND REALIST , . 195 NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS . LECTURE AT AMORY HALL , . 217 1092993 THE POET . A moody child and wildly wise Pursued ( 3 )
... GIFTS , • 139 ESSAY VI . NATURE , · 147 ESSAY VII . l'OLITICS , . 173 ESSAY VIII . NOMINALIST AND REALIST , . 195 NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS . LECTURE AT AMORY HALL , . 217 1092993 THE POET . A moody child and wildly wise Pursued ( 3 )
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... So the poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low and plain , that the common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sun- light ; the air should suffice for his inspiration , 28 ESSAY 1 .
... So the poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low and plain , that the common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sun- light ; the air should suffice for his inspiration , 28 ESSAY 1 .
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... gifts , but not yet the timely man , the new religion , the reconciler , whom all things await . Dante's praise is , that he dared to write his autobiography in colossal cipher , or into uni- versality . We have yet had no genius in ...
... gifts , but not yet the timely man , the new religion , the reconciler , whom all things await . Dante's praise is , that he dared to write his autobiography in colossal cipher , or into uni- versality . We have yet had no genius in ...
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... gifts in my countrymen which I seek , neither could I aid my- self to fix the idea of the poet by reading now and then in Chalmers's collection of five centuries of English poets . These are wits , more than poets , though there have ...
... gifts in my countrymen which I seek , neither could I aid my- self to fix the idea of the poet by reading now and then in Chalmers's collection of five centuries of English poets . These are wits , more than poets , though there have ...
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... gifts are not got by analysis . Everything good is on the highway . The middle region of our being is the temperate zone . We may climb into the thin and cold . realm of pure geometry and lifeless science , or sink into that of ...
... gifts are not got by analysis . Everything good is on the highway . The middle region of our being is the temperate zone . We may climb into the thin and cold . realm of pure geometry and lifeless science , or sink into that of ...
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