Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 92
... the senses from the needs of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one problem , -how to detach the sensual sweet , the sensual strong , the sensual bright , & c . , from the moral 92 ESSAY III .
... the senses from the needs of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one problem , -how to detach the sensual sweet , the sensual strong , the sensual bright , & c . , from the moral 92 ESSAY III .
Page 93
... sweet , without the other side , the bitter . - --- This dividing and detaching is steadily counter- acted . Up to this day , it must be owned , no projector has had the smallest success . The part- ed water reunites behind our hand ...
... sweet , without the other side , the bitter . - --- This dividing and detaching is steadily counter- acted . Up to this day , it must be owned , no projector has had the smallest success . The part- ed water reunites behind our hand ...
Page 112
... sweet , so graceful . But we sit and weep in vain . The voice of the Al- mighty saith , Up and onward for evermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins . Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever 112 ESSAY 111 .
... sweet , so graceful . But we sit and weep in vain . The voice of the Al- mighty saith , Up and onward for evermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins . Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever 112 ESSAY 111 .
Page 157
... sweet mate , without any risk such as Milton deplores as incident to scholars and great men . I have been told , that in some public discourses of mine my reverence for the intellect has made me unjustly cold to the personal relations ...
... sweet mate , without any risk such as Milton deplores as incident to scholars and great men . I have been told , that in some public discourses of mine my reverence for the intellect has made me unjustly cold to the personal relations ...
Page 160
... sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet , the clover , and the lily in his veins ; and he talks with ...
... sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet , the clover , and the lily in his veins ; and he talks with ...
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