Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 60
Page 31
... live holily , their own piety explains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zo- roaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate them- selves in the mind . I cannot find any antiquity in them . They are ...
... live holily , their own piety explains every fact , every word . How easily these old worships of Moses , of Zo- roaster , of Menu , of Socrates , domesticate them- selves in the mind . I cannot find any antiquity in them . They are ...
Page 34
... live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . come among men ...
... live apart from him and independent of him . The Prometheus Vinctus is the romance of skepticism . Not less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . come among men ...
Page 39
... live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the air , and appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense ...
... live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the air , and appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense ...
Page 39
... live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the air , and appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense ...
... live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the air , and appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense ...
Page 72
... Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with you after appearances hitherto. Henceforward I am the ...
... Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with you after appearances hitherto. Henceforward I am the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action appear beauty behold Belisarius better Bonduca Cæsar character conversation divine dream earth effect Emanuel Swedenborg Epaminondas eternal evil experience fact fear feel fire friendship genius gifts give hand heart heaven hero heroism Honest Man's Fortune hope hour human intellect less light live look lose man's ment mind moon names nature never night noble numbers old joy OVER-SOUL Parliament of Love pass passion Peninsular campaigns Perceforest perception perfect Pericles persons Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry praise prudence relations religion royal sails seek seems sense sensual sentiment society Sophocles soul speak spirit stand star stoicism sweet Tamerlane teach thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth ture universal vale of Tempe virtue walk whilst whole wisdom wise words write youth