EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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Page 19
... that a poem should be long . Every word was once a poem . Every new relation is a new word . Also , we use defects and deformities to a sacred purpose , so expressing our sense that the evils of the world are such only to the THE POET . 19.
... that a poem should be long . Every word was once a poem . Every new relation is a new word . Also , we use defects and deformities to a sacred purpose , so expressing our sense that the evils of the world are such only to the THE POET . 19.
Page 22
... deadest word to have been once a bril- liant picture . Language is fossil poetry . As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules , so language is made up of images , or tropes , which 22 ESSAY I.
... deadest word to have been once a bril- liant picture . Language is fossil poetry . As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules , so language is made up of images , or tropes , which 22 ESSAY I.
Page 29
... once seen , we divine that it does not stop . I will not now con- sider how much this makes the charm of algebra and the mathematics , which also have their tropes , but it is felt in every definition ; as , when Aris- totle defines ...
... once seen , we divine that it does not stop . I will not now con- sider how much this makes the charm of algebra and the mathematics , which also have their tropes , but it is felt in every definition ; as , when Aris- totle defines ...
Page 37
... Once having tasted this im- mortal ichor , he cannot have enough of it , and , as an admirable creative power exists in these intel- lections , it is of the last importance that these things get spoken . What a little of all we know is ...
... Once having tasted this im- mortal ichor , he cannot have enough of it , and , as an admirable creative power exists in these intel- lections , it is of the last importance that these things get spoken . What a little of all we know is ...
Page 50
... absurdly offered as a bar to original equity . When virtue is in pres- ence , all subordinate powers sleep . On its own level , or in view of nature , temperament is final . I see not , if one be once caught in 50 EXPERIENCE . ESSAY II .
... absurdly offered as a bar to original equity . When virtue is in pres- ence , all subordinate powers sleep . On its own level , or in view of nature , temperament is final . I see not , if one be once caught in 50 EXPERIENCE . ESSAY II .
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