Essays: First seriesH. Altemus, 1895 - 322 pages |
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Page 121
... give dollars ? It is very incon- venient to us country folk , and we do not think any good will come of it . We have not dollars . Merchants have . Let them give them . Farmers will give corn . Poets will sing . Women will sew ...
... give dollars ? It is very incon- venient to us country folk , and we do not think any good will come of it . We have not dollars . Merchants have . Let them give them . Farmers will give corn . Poets will sing . Women will sew ...
Page 156
... give a witchcraft surpassing the deep attraction of its own truth to a parcel of accidental and trivial circumstances . In looking backward , they may find that several things which were not the charm , have more reality to this groping ...
... give a witchcraft surpassing the deep attraction of its own truth to a parcel of accidental and trivial circumstances . In looking backward , they may find that several things which were not the charm , have more reality to this groping ...
Page 307
... give the sugges- tion of a fairer creation than we know . The details , the prose of nature he should omit , and give us only the spirit and splendor . He should know that the landscape has beauty for his eye , because it expresses a ...
... give the sugges- tion of a fairer creation than we know . The details , the prose of nature he should omit , and give us only the spirit and splendor . He should know that the landscape has beauty for his eye , because it expresses a ...
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