Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 53
... true . Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office , the fact which is the upshot of all history , that there is a great re- sponsible ...
... true . Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office , the fact which is the upshot of all history , that there is a great re- sponsible ...
Page 54
... that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , 54 ESSAY II .
... that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our reading is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , 54 ESSAY II .
Page 64
... true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own . I do this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your in- terest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies ...
... true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own . I do this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your in- terest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies ...
Page 68
... true prayers heard throughout nature , though for cheap ends . Caratach , in Fletcher's Bonduca , when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Au- date , replies , - " His hidden meaning lies in our endeavours ; Our valors are our ...
... true prayers heard throughout nature , though for cheap ends . Caratach , in Fletcher's Bonduca , when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Au- date , replies , - " His hidden meaning lies in our endeavours ; Our valors are our ...
Page 88
... , and keeps her balance true . - The farmer imagines power and place are fine things . But the President has paid dear for his White House . It has commonly cost him all his peace , and the best of his manly attributes . 88 ESSAY III .
... , and keeps her balance true . - The farmer imagines power and place are fine things . But the President has paid dear for his White House . It has commonly cost him all his peace , and the best of his manly attributes . 88 ESSAY III .
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