Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 83
... drawn , charmed my fan- cy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm , and the dwelling - house ...
... drawn , charmed my fan- cy by their endless variety , and lay always before me , even in sleep ; for they are the tools in our hands , the bread in our basket , the transactions of the street , the farm , and the dwelling - house ...
Page 85
... draw was , We are to have such a good time as the sinners have now ' ; or , to push it to its extreme import , ' You sin now ; we shall sin by and by ; we would sin now , if we could ; not being successful , we expect our re- venge to ...
... draw was , We are to have such a good time as the sinners have now ' ; or , to push it to its extreme import , ' You sin now ; we shall sin by and by ; we would sin now , if we could ; not being successful , we expect our re- venge to ...
Page 86
... draw the smallest arc of this circle . POLARITY , or action and reaction , we meet in ev- ery part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and ...
... draw the smallest arc of this circle . POLARITY , or action and reaction , we meet in ev- ery part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and ...
Page 98
... draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word . Every opinion reacts on him who utters it . It is a thread- ball thrown at a mark , but the other end remains in the thrower's bag . Or , rather , it is a harpoon hurled at ...
... draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word . Every opinion reacts on him who utters it . It is a thread- ball thrown at a mark , but the other end remains in the thrower's bag . Or , rather , it is a harpoon hurled at ...
Page 104
... draw up the ladder , so as to leave no in- let or clew . Some damning circumstance always transpires . The laws and substances of nature - water , snow , wind , gravitation- become penalties to the thief . On the other hand , the law ...
... draw up the ladder , so as to leave no in- let or clew . Some damning circumstance always transpires . The laws and substances of nature - water , snow , wind , gravitation- become penalties to the thief . On the other hand , the law ...
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