Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 23
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . - By ...
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . - By ...
Page 28
... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
Page 35
... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the im ...
... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the im ...
Page 48
... side . Else to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . There is a time in every man's ...
... side . Else to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . There is a time in every man's ...
Page 56
... side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the empti- est affectation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief , and ...
... side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the empti- est affectation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief , and ...
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