Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures, Delivered in 1864-1868,Millar, 1884 - 158 páginas |
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... ground . Now , without teasing you by putting farther question , I venture to assume that you will admit duty as at least a secondary or ter- tiary motive . You think that the desire of doing some- thing useful , or obtaining some real ...
... ground . Now , without teasing you by putting farther question , I venture to assume that you will admit duty as at least a secondary or ter- tiary motive . You think that the desire of doing some- thing useful , or obtaining some real ...
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... ground of any man's fancy : on that ground they lie in wait , and rend him with a spring from it . There were never creatures of prey so mischievous , never diplomatists so cunning , never poisoners so deadly , as these masked words ...
... ground of any man's fancy : on that ground they lie in wait , and rend him with a spring from it . There were never creatures of prey so mischievous , never diplomatists so cunning , never poisoners so deadly , as these masked words ...
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... grounds for inde- cision , that is all they can generally do for you ! —and well for them and for us , if indeed they are able " to mix the music with our thoughts , and sadden us with heavenly doubts . " This writer , from whom I have ...
... grounds for inde- cision , that is all they can generally do for you ! —and well for them and for us , if indeed they are able " to mix the music with our thoughts , and sadden us with heavenly doubts . " This writer , from whom I have ...
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... ground , and sow not among thorns . " II . Having then faithfully listened to the great teachers , that you may enter into their Thoughts , you have yet this higher advance to make ; —you have to enter into their Hearts . As you go to ...
... ground , and sow not among thorns . " II . Having then faithfully listened to the great teachers , that you may enter into their Thoughts , you have yet this higher advance to make ; —you have to enter into their Hearts . As you go to ...
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... grounds ; give prizes for a fair shot at a fact , as well as for a leaden splash on a target . What an absurd idea it seems , put fairly in words , that the wealth of the capitalists of civilized nations should ever come to support ...
... grounds ; give prizes for a fair shot at a fact , as well as for a leaden splash on a target . What an absurd idea it seems , put fairly in words , that the wealth of the capitalists of civilized nations should ever come to support ...
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Página 16 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Página 103 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 17 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Página 57 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Página 11 - And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter.
Página 39 - Taste is not only a part and an index of morality — it is the ONLY morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is, 'What do you like?' Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.
Página 12 - ... you might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough), and remain an utterly 'illiterate...
Página 38 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 58 - The man's power is active, progressive, defensive. He is eminently the doer, the creator, the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for speculation and invention; his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle - and her intellect is not for invention or creation, but for sweet ordering, arrangement and decision.
Página 60 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maiden's form By silent sympathy.