Essays, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 - 274 pages |
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Page 18
... object , far better than its old value , as the carpen- ter's stretched cord , if you hold your ear close enough , is musical in the breeze . Things more excellent than every image , " says Jamblichus " are expressed through images ...
... object , far better than its old value , as the carpen- ter's stretched cord , if you hold your ear close enough , is musical in the breeze . Things more excellent than every image , " says Jamblichus " are expressed through images ...
Page 25
... object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to see through the earth , so the poet turns the world to ...
... object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to see through the earth , so the poet turns the world to ...
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... objects paint their images on the retina of the eye , so they , shar- ing the aspiration of the whole universe , tend to paint a far more delicate copy of their essence in his mind . Like the metamorphosis of things into higher organic ...
... objects paint their images on the retina of the eye , so they , shar- ing the aspiration of the whole universe , tend to paint a far more delicate copy of their essence in his mind . Like the metamorphosis of things into higher organic ...
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... objects of nature , the sun , and moon , the animals , the water , and stones , which should be their toys . So the poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low , that the common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness ...
... objects of nature , the sun , and moon , the animals , the water , and stones , which should be their toys . So the poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low , that the common influences should delight him . His cheerfulness ...
Page 39
... object of awe and terror , name- ly , that the same man , or society of men , may wear one aspect to themselves and their compan- ions , and a different aspect to higher intelligences . Certain priests , whom he describes as conversing ...
... object of awe and terror , name- ly , that the same man , or society of men , may wear one aspect to themselves and their compan- ions , and a different aspect to higher intelligences . Certain priests , whom he describes as conversing ...
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