Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 57
... particular , which does not fail to wreak itself also in the gen- eral history ; I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously ...
... particular , which does not fail to wreak itself also in the gen- eral history ; I mean " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation taneously ...
Page 66
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
Page 67
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
... particular miracles disappear . If therefore a man claims to know and speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better ...
Page 76
... particular commod- ity , anything 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 be- holding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God ...
... particular commod- ity , anything 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 be- holding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God ...
Page 101
... particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig- gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to govern , that he ...
... particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig- gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to govern , that he ...
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