Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 10
... drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours ...
... drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , so the hours ...
Page 21
... draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , -but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at will in ...
... draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , -but , by watching for a time his motions and plays , the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at will in ...
Page 40
... draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , 40 ...
... draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , 40 ...
Page 74
... drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect per- We want men and women who shall reno ...
... drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect per- We want men and women who shall reno ...
Page 91
... drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm and the dwelling - house ...
... drawn , charmed my fancy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm and the dwelling - house ...
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