EssaysLittle Leather Library Corporation, 1910 - 96 pages |
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Page 105
... write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely . The argu- ment which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart , and write ...
... write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely . The argu- ment which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart , and write ...
Page 144
... write , and all his years of meditation do not furnish him with one good thought or happy expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , -and forth- with troops of gentle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand ...
... write , and all his years of meditation do not furnish him with one good thought or happy expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , -and forth- with troops of gentle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand ...
Page 169
... write on poetry or holiness . We write from aspiration and antagonism , as well as from experience . We paint those qualities which we do not possess . The poet admires the man of energy and tactics ; the merchant breeds his son for the ...
... write on poetry or holiness . We write from aspiration and antagonism , as well as from experience . We paint those qualities which we do not possess . The poet admires the man of energy and tactics ; the merchant breeds his son for the ...
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