Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 111
... ture whose law is growth . Evermore it is the or- der of nature to grow , and every soul is by this in- trinsic necessity quitting its whole system of things , its friends , and home , and laws , and faith , as the shell - fish crawls ...
... ture whose law is growth . Evermore it is the or- der of nature to grow , and every soul is by this in- trinsic necessity quitting its whole system of things , its friends , and home , and laws , and faith , as the shell - fish crawls ...
Page 141
... ture of things makes it prevalent . It consists in a perpetual substitution of being for seeming , and with sublime propriety God is described as saying , I AM . The lesson which all these observations convey , is , Be and not seem ...
... ture of things makes it prevalent . It consists in a perpetual substitution of being for seeming , and with sublime propriety God is described as saying , I AM . The lesson which all these observations convey , is , Be and not seem ...
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... ture . The cloud , the tree , the turf , the bird are not theirs , have nothing of them : the world is only their lodging and table . But the poet , whose verses are to be spheral and complete , is one whom nature cannot deceive ...
... ture . The cloud , the tree , the turf , the bird are not theirs , have nothing of them : the world is only their lodging and table . But the poet , whose verses are to be spheral and complete , is one whom nature cannot deceive ...
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