The Treasure Chest: An Anthology of Contemplative ProseJames Donald Adams E.P. Dutton, Incorporated, 1946 - 402 Seiten |
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... possess , or to be in pursuit of , or to covet . The com- mon benefits of our nature entirely escape us . Yet these are the great things . These constitute , what most properly ought to be accounted blessings of Providence ; what alone ...
... possess , or to be in pursuit of , or to covet . The com- mon benefits of our nature entirely escape us . Yet these are the great things . These constitute , what most properly ought to be accounted blessings of Providence ; what alone ...
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... possessed by the spirit , not possessing it ; first studied patiently , meditated deeply , understood minutely , till knowledge , become habitual and intuitive , wedded itself to his habitual feelings , and at length gave birth to that ...
... possessed by the spirit , not possessing it ; first studied patiently , meditated deeply , understood minutely , till knowledge , become habitual and intuitive , wedded itself to his habitual feelings , and at length gave birth to that ...
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... possesses no spiritual element of growth or change . If they know nothing of death it is because they know little of life , for the secrets of life and death belong to those and those only whom the sequence of time affects and who possess ...
... possesses no spiritual element of growth or change . If they know nothing of death it is because they know little of life , for the secrets of life and death belong to those and those only whom the sequence of time affects and who possess ...
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH | 13 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | 22 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE | 38 |
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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