Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , reflected all the wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the sim- plicity of his childhood . When we speak of Nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most ...
... wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , reflected all the wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the sim- plicity of his childhood . When we speak of Nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most ...
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... wise men pierce this rotten diction , and fasten words again to visible things ; so that pic- turesque language is at once a commanding cer- tificate , that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God . The moment our ...
... wise men pierce this rotten diction , and fasten words again to visible things ; so that pic- turesque language is at once a commanding cer- tificate , that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God . The moment our ...
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... wise man doubts , if , at all other times , he is not blind and deaf ; - “ Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our special wonder ? " for the universe becomes transparent , and the light of higher laws ...
... wise man doubts , if , at all other times , he is not blind and deaf ; - “ Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our special wonder ? " for the universe becomes transparent , and the light of higher laws ...
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... wise man shows his wisdom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits , is as wide as Nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but sup- pose every man is as every other man . What is not good they ...
... wise man shows his wisdom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits , is as wide as Nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but sup- pose every man is as every other man . What is not good they ...
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... wise and melodious words , and gives them wing , as angels of persuasion and command . More and more , with every thought , does his kingdom stretch over things , until the world becomes , at last , only a realised will , -the double of ...
... wise and melodious words , and gives them wing , as angels of persuasion and command . More and more , with every thought , does his kingdom stretch over things , until the world becomes , at last , only a realised will , -the double of ...
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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