Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 30
... feel time passing away as an ebbing sea . I feel the eternity of man , the identity of his thought . The Greek had it seems the same fellow - beings as I. moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the ...
... feel time passing away as an ebbing sea . I feel the eternity of man , the identity of his thought . The Greek had it seems the same fellow - beings as I. moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the ...
Page 34
... feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time ...
... feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal if it could the fire of the Creator , and live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time ...
Page 40
... feeling a new object shall unlock , any more than he can draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to suffice that in the light of these two ...
... feeling a new object shall unlock , any more than he can draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to suffice that in the light of these two ...
Page 41
... feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have described that goddess , in a robe painted all over with wonderful events and experiences ; his own form and features by their ...
... feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have described that goddess , in a robe painted all over with wonderful events and experiences ; his own form and features by their ...
Page 41
... feeling a new object shall unlock , any more than he can draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to suffice that in the light of these two ...
... feeling a new object shall unlock , any more than he can draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to suffice that in the light of these two ...
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