Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hundred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of Ther- mopyla ; when ...
... noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hundred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of Ther- mopyla ; when ...
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... in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river rolls and shines , and the 32 Nature .
... in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river rolls and shines , and the 32 Nature .
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... noble races of creatures , this profusion of forms - this host of orbs in heaven - to furnish man with the diction- ary and grammar of his municipal speech ? Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle ...
... noble races of creatures , this profusion of forms - this host of orbs in heaven - to furnish man with the diction- ary and grammar of his municipal speech ? Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle ...
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... noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the counsels of the creation , and feels by know- ledge the privilege to BE ! His insight refines him . The beauty of Nature shines in his own breast . Man is greater than he can see ...
... noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the counsels of the creation , and feels by know- ledge the privilege to BE ! His insight refines him . The beauty of Nature shines in his own breast . Man is greater than he can see ...
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... noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether Nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that appearance we call the world , that God will teach a human mind ...
... noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether Nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that appearance we call the world , that God will teach a human mind ...
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action American astronomy beauty becomes behold better CHARLES GRIFFIN church cloth common divine doctrine duties earth Edinburgh Review effeminacy eternal evermore exist fact faculties faith fear feel Feudalism forms garden genius give Goethe Greece hath heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope hour human idea ideal theory infinite inspiration instantly intellect Justice and Truth labour land landscape language lative laws light live look LORD BROUGHAM manual labour matter means ment mind moral Nature never noble objects perfect persons philosophy Pindar plant Plato Plotinus poet poetry poor present reason relation religion rich scholar seems seen sense sentiment shines society solitude soul speak spirit stand stars sublime things thou thought tion trade true truth universal virtue whilst whole WILLIAM COBBETT wisdom wise words worship Zoroaster