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But the young priestess, plucking up a spirit, spoke as follows : " ' You spoke,
grave sir, of a love of glory, as though it ... our spirits, somewhat sunk by
Pythagoras's great manner of speaking, (for his voice was like harmonious
thunder,) we ...
But the young priestess, plucking up a spirit, spoke as follows : " ' You spoke,
grave sir, of a love of glory, as though it ... our spirits, somewhat sunk by
Pythagoras's great manner of speaking, (for his voice was like harmonious
thunder,) we ...
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The last seven contain an attempt to trace the development of man's mind or spirit
, both within himself and in science and public life. Tracing its gradual expansion,
as unfolded either by the legitimate pursuit of a restoration to original ...
The last seven contain an attempt to trace the development of man's mind or spirit
, both within himself and in science and public life. Tracing its gradual expansion,
as unfolded either by the legitimate pursuit of a restoration to original ...
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It is hard to write the history of an exciting ?vent half a century after it has
transpired ; or while the statistics may be correct, the spirit s wanting. Those err
who suppose that the ''icts of history are given when every statement s made out
with ...
It is hard to write the history of an exciting ?vent half a century after it has
transpired ; or while the statistics may be correct, the spirit s wanting. Those err
who suppose that the ''icts of history are given when every statement s made out
with ...
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In a spirit like that of Dante, it is the evidence of a great and noble boldness of
genius. ... execution of the idea proves that Dante had an internal call to such a
work, that he acted under a commission from the spirit of history and the Church.
In a spirit like that of Dante, it is the evidence of a great and noble boldness of
genius. ... execution of the idea proves that Dante had an internal call to such a
work, that he acted under a commission from the spirit of history and the Church.
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He imparted to them the knowledge of the laws of the Great Spirit, established
their form of government, etc." According to the tradition, after fulfilling his mission
on earth, and consolidating the five tribes into one confederacy, he went up to ...
He imparted to them the knowledge of the laws of the Great Spirit, established
their form of government, etc." According to the tradition, after fulfilling his mission
on earth, and consolidating the five tribes into one confederacy, he went up to ...
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Página 158 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea, with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects; a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order...
Página 35 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 100 - He raised a sigh so piteous and profound As it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being : that done, he lets me go : And with his head over his shoulder turn'd, He seem'd to find his way without his eyes ; For out o' doors he went without their help, And to the last bended their light on me.
Página 23 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 143 - And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Página 158 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Página 159 - I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree, and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to re-create: or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead.
Página 516 - I am in love with this green earth; the face of town and country; the unspeakable rural solitudes, and the sweet security of streets. I would set up my tabernacle here. I am content to stand still at the age to which I am arrived ; I, and my friends : to be no younger, no richer, no handsomer. I do not want to be weaned by age ; or drop, like mellow fruit, as they Say, into the grave. — Any alteration, on this earth of mine, in diet or in lodging, puzzles and discomposes me. My household-gods plant...
Página 577 - I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for HeathclifF resembles the eternal rocks beneath : a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff — he's always, always in my mind — not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself — but as my own being...
Página 134 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...