Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 81
... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the ...
... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the ...
Page 101
... beauty . The particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to ...
... beauty . The particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to ...
Page 117
... beauty , when these attributes are considered in the purest sense . The soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . 99 His life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses ...
... beauty , when these attributes are considered in the purest sense . The soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . 99 His life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses ...
Page 125
... beauty . Behind us , as we go , all things assume pleasing forms , as clouds do far off . Not only things familiar and stale , but even the tragic and terrible are comely as they take their place in the pictures of memory . The river ...
... beauty . Behind us , as we go , all things assume pleasing forms , as clouds do far off . Not only things familiar and stale , but even the tragic and terrible are comely as they take their place in the pictures of memory . The river ...
Page 133
... beauty . If we would not be mar - plots with our miserable interferences , the work , the society , letters , arts , science , religion of men would go on far better than now , and the heaven predicted from the beginning of the world ...
... beauty . If we would not be mar - plots with our miserable interferences , the work , the society , letters , arts , science , religion of men would go on far better than now , and the heaven predicted from the beginning of the world ...
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