Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 125
... pictures of memory . The river - bank , the weed at the water - side , the old house , the foolish person , however neglected in the passing , have a grace in the past . Even the corpse that has lain in the chambers has added a solemn ...
... pictures of memory . The river - bank , the weed at the water - side , the old house , the foolish person , however neglected in the passing , have a grace in the past . Even the corpse that has lain in the chambers has added a solemn ...
Page 164
... pictures . It is the dawn of civility and grace in the coarse and rustic . The rude village boy teases the girls about the school- house door ; but to - day he comes running into the entry and meets one fair child disposing her satchel ...
... pictures . It is the dawn of civility and grace in the coarse and rustic . The rude village boy teases the girls about the school- house door ; but to - day he comes running into the entry and meets one fair child disposing her satchel ...
Page 167
... and the air was coined into song ; when all business seemed an impertinence , and all the men and women running to and fro in the streets , mere pictures . The passion rebuilds the world for the youth . It LOVE . 167.
... and the air was coined into song ; when all business seemed an impertinence , and all the men and women running to and fro in the streets , mere pictures . The passion rebuilds the world for the youth . It LOVE . 167.
Page 189
... picture and effigy of that . Thou hast come to me lately , and already thou art seizing thy hat and cloak . Is it not that the soul puts forth friends as the tree puts forth leaves , and presently , by the germination of new buds ...
... picture and effigy of that . Thou hast come to me lately , and already thou art seizing thy hat and cloak . Is it not that the soul puts forth friends as the tree puts forth leaves , and presently , by the germination of new buds ...
Page 217
... picture which I have seen ) is the quietest and most passionless piece you can imagine ; a couple of saints who worship the Virgin and Child . Nevertheless it awakens a deeper impression than the contortions of ten crucified martyrs ...
... picture which I have seen ) is the quietest and most passionless piece you can imagine ; a couple of saints who worship the Virgin and Child . Nevertheless it awakens a deeper impression than the contortions of ten crucified martyrs ...
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