Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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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 ...
Page 125
... these hours the mind seems so great that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain , is particular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Neither vexations nor calamities abate our trust . No man ever.
... these hours the mind seems so great that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain , is particular ; the universe remains to the heart unhurt . Neither vexations nor calamities abate our trust . No man ever.
Page 161
... particular regards in its general light . The introduction to this felic- ity is in a private and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man ...
... particular regards in its general light . The introduction to this felic- ity is in a private and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a certain divine rage and enthusiasm , seizes on man ...
Page 173
... particular society of his mate he attains a clearer sight of any spot , any taint which her beauty has contracted from this world , and is able to point it out , and this with mutual joy that they are now able , with- out offence , to ...
... particular society of his mate he attains a clearer sight of any spot , any taint which her beauty has contracted from this world , and is able to point it out , and this with mutual joy that they are now able , with- out offence , to ...
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