Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... beauty . But besides this general grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat ...
... beauty . But besides this general grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to the eye , as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them , as the acorn , the grape , the pine - cone , the wheat ...
Page 23
... the mill , and which Homer or Shakspeare could not re - form for me in words ? The leafless trees become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their back- ground , and the stars of the dead calices of BEAUTY . 23.
... the mill , and which Homer or Shakspeare could not re - form for me in words ? The leafless trees become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their back- ground , and the stars of the dead calices of BEAUTY . 23.
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... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The ...
... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The ...
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... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , mountains , or- chards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , mountains , or- chards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
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... beauty of the scene to the beauty of the deed ? When the bark of Columbus nears the shore of America ; before it , the beach lined with savages , fleeing out of all their huts of cane ; the sea behind ; and the purple mountains of the ...
... beauty of the scene to the beauty of the deed ? When the bark of Columbus nears the shore of America ; before it , the beach lined with savages , fleeing out of all their huts of cane ; the sea behind ; and the purple mountains of the ...
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