Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
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... body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phœbus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the face is a confused blur of features , but ...
... body . In it existed those human forms which supplied the sculptor with his models of Hercules , Phœbus , and Jove ; not like the forms abounding in the streets of modern cities , wherein the face is a confused blur of features , but ...
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... renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig- orated by habits of conversation with nature . The When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to 34 HISTORY .
... renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig- orated by habits of conversation with nature . The When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to 34 HISTORY .
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... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to ...
... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to ...
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... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Character , reality , re- minds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Character , reality , re- minds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
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