Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 33
... less does the brain of Davy or of Gay - Lussac , from childhood exploring the affinities and repulsions of particles , anticipate the laws of organization . Does not the eye of the hu- man embryo predict the light ? the ear of Handel ...
... less does the brain of Davy or of Gay - Lussac , from childhood exploring the affinities and repulsions of particles , anticipate the laws of organization . Does not the eye of the hu- man embryo predict the light ? the ear of Handel ...
Page 42
... less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next ...
... less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next ...
Page 59
... less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . But man postpones or re- members ; he does not live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround ...
... less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . But man postpones or re- members ; he does not live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround ...
Page 64
... less than the eternal law . I will have no covenants but proximities . I shall endeavour to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented ...
... less than the eternal law . I will have no covenants but proximities . I shall endeavour to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented ...
Page 68
... less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good . But prayer ...
... less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good . But prayer ...
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