Essays, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 - 274 pages |
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Page 64
... frivolous have an instinct of superiority , if they have not a sympathy , and honor it in their blind capricious way with sincere homage . The fine young people despise life , but in me , and in such as with me are free from dyspepsia ...
... frivolous have an instinct of superiority , if they have not a sympathy , and honor it in their blind capricious way with sincere homage . The fine young people despise life , but in me , and in such as with me are free from dyspepsia ...
Page 83
... frivolous . This is a divine answer , and leaves no appeal , and no hard thoughts . In Flaxman's drawing of the Eumenides of Eschylus , Orestes supplicates Apollo , whilst the Furies sleep on the threshold . The face of the god ...
... frivolous . This is a divine answer , and leaves no appeal , and no hard thoughts . In Flaxman's drawing of the Eumenides of Eschylus , Orestes supplicates Apollo , whilst the Furies sleep on the threshold . The face of the god ...
Page 100
... being displaced or overset . A man should give us a sense of mass . Society is frivolous , and shreds its day into scraps its conversation into ceremonies and escapes . But if I go to see an ingenious man , I. 100 ESSAY III .
... being displaced or overset . A man should give us a sense of mass . Society is frivolous , and shreds its day into scraps its conversation into ceremonies and escapes . But if I go to see an ingenious man , I. 100 ESSAY III .
Page 121
... Frivolous and fantastic additions have got associated with the name , but the steady inter- est of mankind in it must be attributed to the valu- able properties which it designates . An element which unites all the most forcible persons ...
... Frivolous and fantastic additions have got associated with the name , but the steady inter- est of mankind in it must be attributed to the valu- able properties which it designates . An element which unites all the most forcible persons ...
Page 127
... frivolous , the most feared and followed , and which morals and violence assault in vain . There exists a strict relation between the class of power , and the exclusive and polished circles . The last are always filled or filling from ...
... frivolous , the most feared and followed , and which morals and violence assault in vain . There exists a strict relation between the class of power , and the exclusive and polished circles . The last are always filled or filling from ...
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