Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 20
... most unexpected quarters . I have seen the head of an old sachem of the for- est which at once reminded the of eye bald moun- a the strata of the rock . There are men whose tain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested 20 HISTORY .
... most unexpected quarters . I have seen the head of an old sachem of the for- est which at once reminded the of eye bald moun- a the strata of the rock . There are men whose tain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested 20 HISTORY .
Page 23
... once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
... once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
Page 25
... once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals of his archi- tecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its ...
... once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sublime . As the Persian imi- tated in the slender shafts and capitals of his archi- tecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its ...
Page 30
... once a child ; besides that there are always individ- uals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of the Muse of Hellas . I ad- mire the love of nature ...
... once a child ; besides that there are always individ- uals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a Greek , and revives our love of the Muse of Hellas . I ad- mire the love of nature ...
Page 31
... antiquity in them . They are mine as much as theirs . I have seen the first monks and anchorets , with- some individual has appeared to me with such neg- ligence out crossing seas or centuries . More than once HISTORY . 31.
... antiquity in them . They are mine as much as theirs . I have seen the first monks and anchorets , with- some individual has appeared to me with such neg- ligence out crossing seas or centuries . More than once HISTORY . 31.
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