Essays: First SeriesAltemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 223
... Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human society . What joys has ...
... Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human society . What joys has ...
Page 249
... Plotinus ; the vision of Porphyry ; the conver- sion of Paul ; the aurora of Behmen ; the convul- sions of George Fox and his Quakers ; the illumin- ation of Swedenborg ; are of this kind . What was in the case of these remarkable ...
... Plotinus ; the vision of Porphyry ; the conver- sion of Paul ; the aurora of Behmen ; the convul- sions of George Fox and his Quakers ; the illumin- ation of Swedenborg ; are of this kind . What was in the case of these remarkable ...
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