Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 47
... youth the force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear ...
... youth the force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear ...
Page 74
... youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they . He carries ruins to ruins . Travelling is a fool's paradise . We owe to our first journeys the discovery that place is nothing ...
... youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they . He carries ruins to ruins . Travelling is a fool's paradise . We owe to our first journeys the discovery that place is nothing ...
Page 96
... youth for her lover , and so though Tithonus is immortal , he is old . Achilles is not quite invulnerable ; for Thetis held him by the heel when she dipped him in the Styx , and the sacred waters did not wash that part . Siegfried ...
... youth for her lover , and so though Tithonus is immortal , he is old . Achilles is not quite invulnerable ; for Thetis held him by the heel when she dipped him in the Styx , and the sacred waters did not wash that part . Siegfried ...
Page 113
... youth which was wait- ing to be closed , breaks up a wonted occupation , or a household , or style of living , and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character . It permits or constrains the forma- tion of ...
... youth which was wait- ing to be closed , breaks up a wonted occupation , or a household , or style of living , and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character . It permits or constrains the forma- tion of ...
Page 123
... youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects and schools , for erudition and piety , and we are all the time jejune babes . One ...
... youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects and schools , for erudition and piety , and we are all the time jejune babes . One ...
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