Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... and a ray of relation passes from every other being to him ; and neither can man be understood without these objects , nor these objects without man . All the facts in natural history , taken by themselves , have 28 Nature .
... and a ray of relation passes from every other being to him ; and neither can man be understood without these objects , nor these objects without man . All the facts in natural history , taken by themselves , have 28 Nature .
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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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... Passing by many particulars of the discipline of Nature , we must not omit to specify two . The exercise of the Will or the lesson of power is taught in every event . From the child's suc- cessive possession of his several senses up to ...
... Passing by many particulars of the discipline of Nature , we must not omit to specify two . The exercise of the Will or the lesson of power is taught in every event . From the child's suc- cessive possession of his several senses up to ...
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... passing , it would not be easy to match in literature . This transfiguration which all material objects undergo through the passion of the poet , -- this power which he exerts , at any moment , to mag- nify the small , to micrify the ...
... passing , it would not be easy to match in literature . This transfiguration which all material objects undergo through the passion of the poet , -- this power which he exerts , at any moment , to mag- nify the small , to micrify the ...
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... be longer , and shall pass into the immortal , as gently as we awake from dreams . Now , the world would be insane and rabid , if these disorganisations should last for hundreds of years . It is kept in check by death and Prospects . 71.
... be longer , and shall pass into the immortal , as gently as we awake from dreams . Now , the world would be insane and rabid , if these disorganisations should last for hundreds of years . It is kept in check by death and Prospects . 71.
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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