Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 97
... expression of this fact in the proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of reason , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualification . Proverbs , like the sa- cred books of each nation , are the sanctuary ...
... expression of this fact in the proverbs of all nations , which are always the literature of reason , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualification . Proverbs , like the sa- cred books of each nation , are the sanctuary ...
Page 127
... expression of what force and meaning is in him . The common experience is , that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary de- tails of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a ...
... expression of what force and meaning is in him . The common experience is , that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary de- tails of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a ...
Page 140
... expression . When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth , his eye is as clear as the heavens . When he has base ends , and speaks false- ly , the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint . I have heard an experienced counsellor say ...
... expression . When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth , his eye is as clear as the heavens . When he has base ends , and speaks false- ly , the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint . I have heard an experienced counsellor say ...
Page 142
... good impression . Men know not why they do not trust him ; but they do not trust him . His vice glasses his eye , cuts lines of mean expression in his cheek , pinches the nose , sets the mark of the beast on the back of 142 ESSAY IV .
... good impression . Men know not why they do not trust him ; but they do not trust him . His vice glasses his eye , cuts lines of mean expression in his cheek , pinches the nose , sets the mark of the beast on the back of 142 ESSAY IV .
Page 176
... expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , - and , forthwith , troops of gentle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand , with chosen words . See , in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the ...
... expression ; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend , - and , forthwith , troops of gentle thoughts invest themselves , on every hand , with chosen words . See , in any house where virtue and self - respect abide , the ...
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