Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 58
... with which men have everywhere suffered the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to walk among them by a law of his own , make his own scale of men and things , · and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money 58 ESSAY II .
... with which men have everywhere suffered the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to walk among them by a law of his own , make his own scale of men and things , · and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money 58 ESSAY II .
Page 119
... noble nature is com- mended , Whether the man is not better who strives with temptation ? But there is no merit in the matter . Either God is there , or he is not there . We love characters in proportion as they are impulsive and ...
... noble nature is com- mended , Whether the man is not better who strives with temptation ? But there is no merit in the matter . Either God is there , or he is not there . We love characters in proportion as they are impulsive and ...
Page 174
... noble depths , and enlarge the meaning of all my thoughts . These are not stark and stiffened persons , but the new - born poetry of God , -poetry without stop , hymn , ode , and epic , poetry still flowing , and not yet caked in dead ...
... noble depths , and enlarge the meaning of all my thoughts . These are not stark and stiffened persons , but the new - born poetry of God , -poetry without stop , hymn , ode , and epic , poetry still flowing , and not yet caked in dead ...
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