Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... affection contrived to 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 ...
... affection contrived to 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 ...
Page 173
... affection , as the sun puts out fire by shining on the hearth , they be- come pure and hallowed . By conversation with that which is in itself excellent , magnanimous , lowly , and just , the lover comes to a warmer love of these ...
... affection , as the sun puts out fire by shining on the hearth , they be- come pure and hallowed . By conversation with that which is in itself excellent , magnanimous , lowly , and just , the lover comes to a warmer love of these ...
Page 178
... affections are but tents of a night . Though slowly and with pain , the objects of the affections change , as the objects of thought do . There are moments when the affections rule and absorb the man and make his happiness dependent on ...
... affections are but tents of a night . Though slowly and with pain , the objects of the affections change , as the objects of thought do . There are moments when the affections rule and absorb the man and make his happiness dependent on ...
Page 183
... , are these fine inward irradiations . From the highest degree of passionate love to the lowest degree of good - will , they make the sweetness of life . - Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection.
... , are these fine inward irradiations . From the highest degree of passionate love to the lowest degree of good - will , they make the sweetness of life . - Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection.
Page 184
First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. - Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection . The scholar sits down to write , and all his years of meditation do not furnish him with one good thought or happy expression ; but it ...
First series Ralph Waldo Emerson. - Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection . The scholar sits down to write , and all his years of meditation do not furnish him with one good thought or happy expression ; but it ...
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