Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 94
... from that which he would not have . " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in si- lence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an - unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses up- on such as have 94 ESSAY III .
... from that which he would not have . " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in si- lence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an - unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses up- on such as have 94 ESSAY III .
Page 95
... secret which Jove must bargain for ; Minerva , another . He cannot get his own thunders ; Minerva keeps the key of them . " Of all the gods , I only know the keys That ope the solid doors within whose vaults His thunders sleep . " A ...
... secret which Jove must bargain for ; Minerva , another . He cannot get his own thunders ; Minerva keeps the key of them . " Of all the gods , I only know the keys That ope the solid doors within whose vaults His thunders sleep . " A ...
Page 105
... secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed . A great man is always willing to be little . Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages , he goes to sleep . When he is pushed , tormented , defeated ...
... secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed . A great man is always willing to be little . Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages , he goes to sleep . When he is pushed , tormented , defeated ...
Page 120
... ? Could ever a man of prodigious mathematical genius con- vey to others any insight into his methods ? If he could communicate that secret , it would instantly lose its exaggerated value , blending with the day- light 120 ESSAY IV .
... ? Could ever a man of prodigious mathematical genius con- vey to others any insight into his methods ? If he could communicate that secret , it would instantly lose its exaggerated value , blending with the day- light 120 ESSAY IV .
Page 130
... , in less than a fortnight , penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet . Nothing seems so easy as to speak and to be un- derstood . Yet a man may come to find that the strongest of defences and of ties , that he has 130 ESSAY IV .
... , in less than a fortnight , penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet . Nothing seems so easy as to speak and to be un- derstood . Yet a man may come to find that the strongest of defences and of ties , that he has 130 ESSAY IV .
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