Essays, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 - 274 pages |
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Page 33
... fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods . If the imagination intoxicates the poet , it is not inactive in ...
... fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods . If the imagination intoxicates the poet , it is not inactive in ...
Page 108
... fashion the citizen , she goes her own gait , and puts the wisest in the wrong . She makes very light of gospels and prophets , as one who has a great many more to pro- duce , and no excess of time to spare on any one . There is a class ...
... fashion the citizen , she goes her own gait , and puts the wisest in the wrong . She makes very light of gospels and prophets , as one who has a great many more to pro- duce , and no excess of time to spare on any one . There is a class ...
Page 122
... fashion , a word of narrow and often sinister meaning , and the heroic character which the gentleman imports . The usual words , however , must be respected : they will be found to contain the root of the matter . The point of ...
... fashion , a word of narrow and often sinister meaning , and the heroic character which the gentleman imports . The usual words , however , must be respected : they will be found to contain the root of the matter . The point of ...
Page 123
... fashion . That is still paramount to - day , and , in the moving crowd of good society , the men of valor and reality are known , and rise to their natural place . The com- petition is transferred from war to politics and trade , but ...
... fashion . That is still paramount to - day , and , in the moving crowd of good society , the men of valor and reality are known , and rise to their natural place . The com- petition is transferred from war to politics and trade , but ...
Page 127
... fashion , for that affinity they find in it . Napoleon , child of the revolution , de- stroyer of the old noblesse , never ceased to court the Faubourg St. Germain : doubtless with the feel- ing , that fashion is a homage to men of his ...
... fashion , for that affinity they find in it . Napoleon , child of the revolution , de- stroyer of the old noblesse , never ceased to court the Faubourg St. Germain : doubtless with the feel- ing , that fashion is a homage to men of his ...
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