Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 142
... believe ; but they could not , though they twisted and folded their lips even to in- dignation . A man passes for that he is worth . Very idle is all curiosity concerning other peoples ' estimate of us , and idle is all fear of remain ...
... believe ; but they could not , though they twisted and folded their lips even to in- dignation . A man passes for that he is worth . Very idle is all curiosity concerning other peoples ' estimate of us , and idle is all fear of remain ...
Page 148
... believe in God , and not in names and places and persons . Let the great soul incarnated in some woman's form , poor and sad and sin- gle , in some Dolly or Joan , go out to service and sweep chambers and scour floors , and its ...
... believe in God , and not in names and places and persons . Let the great soul incarnated in some woman's form , poor and sad and sin- gle , in some Dolly or Joan , go out to service and sweep chambers and scour floors , and its ...
Page 158
... believe that so much character can subsist in another as to draw us by love . Can another be so blessed and we so pure that we can offer him tenderness ? When a man be- comes dear to me I have touched the goal of fortune . I find very ...
... believe that so much character can subsist in another as to draw us by love . Can another be so blessed and we so pure that we can offer him tenderness ? When a man be- comes dear to me I have touched the goal of fortune . I find very ...
Page 174
... believe in the soul , do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect . It is vinegar to the eyes to deal with men of loose and imperfect perception . Dr. Johnson is reported to have said , " If ...
... believe in the soul , do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect . It is vinegar to the eyes to deal with men of loose and imperfect perception . Dr. Johnson is reported to have said , " If ...
Page 195
... believe , by the necessity of our constitution a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's conscious- ness of that divine presence . The character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual , from an ...
... believe , by the necessity of our constitution a certain enthusiasm attends the individual's conscious- ness of that divine presence . The character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual , from an ...
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