Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 20
... expression , " a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of action , and never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never ...
... expression , " a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of action , and never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never ...
Page 34
... expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all that is ascribed to it , is a deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness , the power ...
... expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all that is ascribed to it , is a deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness , the power ...
Page 58
... expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; - the idlest revery , the faintest native emotion , command my curiosity and re ...
... expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; - the idlest revery , the faintest native emotion , command my curiosity and re ...
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... expression of his countenance , that he goes the mis- sionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the SELF ...
... expression of his countenance , that he goes the mis- sionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the SELF ...
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... expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and ...
... expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and ...
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