The Treasure Chest: An Anthology of Contemplative ProseJames Donald Adams E.P. Dutton, Incorporated, 1946 - 402 Seiten |
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... least we shall find reality , sharp peaks and edges of truth . But it turns out to be scene - painting and coun- terfeit . The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is . That , like all the rest , plays about the ...
... least we shall find reality , sharp peaks and edges of truth . But it turns out to be scene - painting and coun- terfeit . The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is . That , like all the rest , plays about the ...
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... least to understand the expression of all that is lovely in Nature , all that is poignant and sensitive in man , is to us in itself a sufficient end . A rose in a moonlit garden , the shadow of trees on the turf , almond bloom , scent ...
... least to understand the expression of all that is lovely in Nature , all that is poignant and sensitive in man , is to us in itself a sufficient end . A rose in a moonlit garden , the shadow of trees on the turf , almond bloom , scent ...
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... Least of all do those escape from it who attack our judgments of value as mere attempts to escape from the bitter truth . For if the truth is bitter , why should we not try to escape from it ? If the universe is a cruel prac- tical joke ...
... Least of all do those escape from it who attack our judgments of value as mere attempts to escape from the bitter truth . For if the truth is bitter , why should we not try to escape from it ? If the universe is a cruel prac- tical joke ...
Inhalt
SIR WALTER RALEIGH | 13 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | 22 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE | 38 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry beauty better bird body C. S. Lewis character creature dead death delight dreams dust E. B. White earth Ellen Glasgow evil eyes fear feel friends GEORGE SANTAYANA give H. M. TOMLINSON happiness hath heart heaven HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL human imagination individual keep kind knew laugh laws liberty light living look man's mankind means memory ment mind moral nature ness never night object opinion ourselves pain pass passions past peace person pleasure poet poetry prose RALPH WALDO EMERSON reason rich Robert Henriques SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE seems sense sentiment sleep solitude soul speak spirit stars strong talk temper things thou thought tion tree true truth Van Wyck Brooks vanity virtue voice walk whole WILLIAM HAZLITT wind wisdom wise women words write youth