Essays, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 - 274 pages |
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Page 27
... poor fungus : so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one of which , be- ing preserved , transmits new billions of spores to- morrow or next day . The new agaric of this hour has a chance which the old one ...
... poor fungus : so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one of which , be- ing preserved , transmits new billions of spores to- morrow or next day . The new agaric of this hour has a chance which the old one ...
Page 33
... poor and hun- gry , and such as are of simple taste . If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York , with fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of ...
... poor and hun- gry , and such as are of simple taste . If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York , with fashion and covetousness , and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee , thou shalt find no radiance of ...
Page 36
... poor shepherd , who , blinded and lost in the snow - storm , perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door , is an emblem of the state of man . On the brink of the waters of life and truth , we are miserably dying 36 ESSAY I.
... poor shepherd , who , blinded and lost in the snow - storm , perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door , is an emblem of the state of man . On the brink of the waters of life and truth , we are miserably dying 36 ESSAY I.
Page 83
... poor waiting on the symptoms . A wise and hardy physician will say , Come out of that , as the first condition of ad vice . In this our talking America , we are ruined by our good nature and listening on all sides . This compliance ...
... poor waiting on the symptoms . A wise and hardy physician will say , Come out of that , as the first condition of ad vice . In this our talking America , we are ruined by our good nature and listening on all sides . This compliance ...
Page 96
... poor slave - captain's mind ; and cannot these be supposed available to break , or elude , or in any manner overmatch the tension of an inch or two of iron ring ? This is a natural power , like light and heat. 96 ESSAY III .
... poor slave - captain's mind ; and cannot these be supposed available to break , or elude , or in any manner overmatch the tension of an inch or two of iron ring ? This is a natural power , like light and heat. 96 ESSAY III .
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