Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds , will separate between him and vulgar things . One might think the atmosphere ...
... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds , will separate between him and vulgar things . One might think the atmosphere ...
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... Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we ...
... Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs . Whilst we ...
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... whilst the sun shines ; ' Tis hard to carry a full cup even ; Vine- gar is the son of wine ; The last ounce broke the camel's back ; Long - lived trees make roots first ; -and the like . In their primary sense , these are trivial facts ...
... whilst the sun shines ; ' Tis hard to carry a full cup even ; Vine- gar is the son of wine ; The last ounce broke the camel's back ; Long - lived trees make roots first ; -and the like . In their primary sense , these are trivial facts ...
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... whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and multitude of objects ; since " every object rightly seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when ...
... whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and multitude of objects ; since " every object rightly seen , unlocks a new faculty of the soul . " That which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when ...
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... Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the under- standing , it is hiving in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . The whole character and fortune of the indi- vidual is affected by the least inequalities in the ...
... Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the under- standing , it is hiving in the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws . The whole character and fortune of the indi- vidual is affected by the least inequalities in the ...
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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