Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 11
... particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less distinctly some ...
... particular men and things . Human life , as con- taining this , is mysterious and inviolable , and we hedge it round with penalties and laws . All laws derive hence their ultimate reason ; all express more or less distinctly some ...
Page 20
... particular picture or copy of verses , if it do not awaken the same train of images , will yet superinduce the same sen- timent as some wild mountain walk , although the resemblance is nowise obvious to the senses , but is occult and ...
... particular picture or copy of verses , if it do not awaken the same train of images , will yet superinduce the same sen- timent as some wild mountain walk , although the resemblance is nowise obvious to the senses , but is occult and ...
Page 48
... out preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that particular ray . We but half express our- selves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which 48 SELF - RELIANCE .
... out preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that particular ray . We but half express our- selves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which 48 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 56
... particular , which does not fail to wreak itself also in the gen- eral history ; I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation which does not ...
... particular , which does not fail to wreak itself also in the gen- eral history ; I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation which does not ...
Page 66
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
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