Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 110
... meet a good I do not earn , for example , to find a pot of buried gold , knowing that it brings with it new responsibility . I do not wish more external goods , -neither possessions , nor honors , nor powers , nor persons . The gain is ...
... meet a good I do not earn , for example , to find a pot of buried gold , knowing that it brings with it new responsibility . I do not wish more external goods , -neither possessions , nor honors , nor powers , nor persons . The gain is ...
Page 154
... meet them again . But we see them exchange a glance , or betray a deep emotion , and we are no longer strangers . We ... meets one fair child arranging her satchel he holds her books to help her , and instantly it seems to him as if she ...
... meet them again . But we see them exchange a glance , or betray a deep emotion , and we are no longer strangers . We ... meets one fair child arranging her satchel he holds her books to help her , and instantly it seems to him as if she ...
Page 171
... meet in houses , whom we scarcely speak to , whom yet we honor , and who honor us ! How many we see in the street , or sit with in church , whom , though silently , we warmly rejoice to be with ! Read the language of these wandering ...
... meet in houses , whom we scarcely speak to , whom yet we honor , and who honor us ! How many we see in the street , or sit with in church , whom , though silently , we warmly rejoice to be with ! Read the language of these wandering ...
Page 178
... meet , begin to play , and translate all poetry into stale prose . Almost all people descend to meet . All association must be a compromise , and , what is worst , the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures ...
... meet , begin to play , and translate all poetry into stale prose . Almost all people descend to meet . All association must be a compromise , and , what is worst , the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures ...
Page 180
... with which one chemical atom meets another . Sincerity is the luxury allowed , like diadems and authority , only to the highest rank , that being permitted to speak truth , as having none above it to court or 180 ESSAY VI .
... with which one chemical atom meets another . Sincerity is the luxury allowed , like diadems and authority , only to the highest rank , that being permitted to speak truth , as having none above it to court or 180 ESSAY VI .
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