Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 87
... fear from her rotations . A politi- cal victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend , or some other favorable event raises your spirits , and you think good days are preparing for you . Do ...
... fear from her rotations . A politi- cal victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend , or some other favorable event raises your spirits , and you think good days are preparing for you . Do ...
Page 90
... Fear not , then , thou child infirm , There's no god dare wrong a worm . Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts ; Hast not thy share ? On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made ...
... Fear not , then , thou child infirm , There's no god dare wrong a worm . Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts ; Hast not thy share ? On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made ...
Page 96
... fear for them smooths his grim scowl to courtesy . Thus she contrives to intenerate the granite and felspar , takes the boar out and puts the lamb in and keeps her balance true . The farmer imagines power and place are fine things . But ...
... fear for them smooths his grim scowl to courtesy . Thus she contrives to intenerate the granite and felspar , takes the boar out and puts the lamb in and keeps her balance true . The farmer imagines power and place are fine things . But ...
Page 107
... fear . Whilst I stand in simple relations to my fellow - man , I have no displeasure in meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon ...
... fear . Whilst I stand in simple relations to my fellow - man , I have no displeasure in meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon ...
Page 108
... Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all revolutions . One thing he teaches , that there is rottenness where he appears . He is a carrion crow , and though you see not well what he hovers for , there is death ...
... Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all revolutions . One thing he teaches , that there is rottenness where he appears . He is a carrion crow , and though you see not well what he hovers for , there is death ...
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