Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 28
... true to all time are the details of that stately ap- ologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was ...
... true to all time are the details of that stately ap- ologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was ...
Page 29
... true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion 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 ; HISTORY . 29.
... true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion 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 ; HISTORY . 29.
Page 31
... 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 Cas- tle 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 Cas- tle a fine name for proud ...
Page 39
... 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 us ...
... 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 us ...
Page 48
... 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 . Mean- time 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 . Mean- time nature is not slow to equip us in the prison- uniform of the ...
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