Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 19
... reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from the routine of customary images -awakens the reader's invention and fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the unceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise . The ...
... reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from the routine of customary images -awakens the reader's invention and fancy by the wild freedom of the design , and by the unceasing succession of brisk shocks of surprise . The ...
Page 22
... reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the mind is One , and that nature is its correlative , history is to be read and written . He Thus in all ways does the soul concentrate ...
... reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts , namely , that the mind is One , and that nature is its correlative , history is to be read and written . He Thus in all ways does the soul concentrate ...
Page 36
... reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In his- tory , our imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a ...
... reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In his- tory , our imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a ...
Page 42
... reason , when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me , and do the same thing . The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard , and mere anti- nomianism ...
... reason , when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me , and do the same thing . The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard , and mere anti- nomianism ...
Page 45
... reason . The secret of fortune is joy in our hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide : him all tongues greet , all honours crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes ...
... reason . The secret of fortune is joy in our hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide : him all tongues greet , all honours crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes ...
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