Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 18
... true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shake- speare were not . Antæus was ...
... true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shake- speare were not . Antæus was ...
Page 19
... true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know ...
... true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know ...
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... true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of Lammermoor . Sir William Ashton is a mask for a vulgar temptation , Ravenswood Castle a fine name for proud ...
... true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne . Is it otherwise in the newest romance ? I read the Bride of Lammermoor . Sir William Ashton is a mask for a vulgar temptation , Ravenswood Castle a fine name for proud ...
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... true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost , -and our first thought is rendered back to ...
... true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost , -and our first thought is rendered back to ...
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... true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set them right . Meantime nature is not slow to equip us in the prison - uniform of the ...
... true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set them right . Meantime nature is not slow to equip us in the prison - uniform of the ...
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