Essays, Orations and LecturesWilliam Tegg and Company, 1848 - 385 páginas |
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... seems , the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between classic and romantic schools , seems superficial and ...
... seems , the same fellow - beings as I. The sun and moon , water and fire , met his heart precisely as they meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between classic and romantic schools , seems superficial and ...
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... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could , the fire of the Creator ...
... seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely , a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists , and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous . It would steal , if it could , the fire of the Creator ...
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... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said , that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the middle age explain ...
... seems to vent a mere caprice and wild romance , the issue is an exact allegory . Hence Plato said , that " poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand . " All the fictions of the middle age explain ...
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... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
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... I live wholly from within ? my friend suggested- " But these impulses may be from below , not from above . " I replied , They do not seem to me to be such ; but if 66 I am the devil's child , I will live then 28 ESSAYS .
... I live wholly from within ? my friend suggested- " But these impulses may be from below , not from above . " I replied , They do not seem to me to be such ; but if 66 I am the devil's child , I will live then 28 ESSAYS .
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