Other Men's Minds, Or, Seven Thousand Choice Extracts on History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Etc: Selected from the Standard Authorship of Ancient and Modern Times, and Classified in Alphabetical OrderEstes and Lauriat, 1888 - 640 Seiten |
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... true , I have told of each bright son of fame all I knew , They have listen'd , and sighed that the powerful stream Of America's empire should pass , like a dream , Without leaving one relic of genius to say How sublime was the tide ...
... true , I have told of each bright son of fame all I knew , They have listen'd , and sighed that the powerful stream Of America's empire should pass , like a dream , Without leaving one relic of genius to say How sublime was the tide ...
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... true , though the understanding may be unable to master it . It is to our feeling , rather than to our think- ing , that the sublimest arguments are primarily addresse - l . Where logic works out one truth , the heart has already ...
... true , though the understanding may be unable to master it . It is to our feeling , rather than to our think- ing , that the sublimest arguments are primarily addresse - l . Where logic works out one truth , the heart has already ...
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... true , the only support of a monarchy . Without it the State is a vessel without a rudder - a balloon in the air . A true aristocracy , however , must be ancient . Therein consists its real force , its talismanic charm . - NAPOLEON I ...
... true , the only support of a monarchy . Without it the State is a vessel without a rudder - a balloon in the air . A true aristocracy , however , must be ancient . Therein consists its real force , its talismanic charm . - NAPOLEON I ...
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... True , the trees on either side of the broad walk indicate the art of man rather than the productions of nature ; nevertheless the effect is instan- taneous and enchanting . How light , and airy , and graceful is the arch stretching out ...
... True , the trees on either side of the broad walk indicate the art of man rather than the productions of nature ; nevertheless the effect is instan- taneous and enchanting . How light , and airy , and graceful is the arch stretching out ...
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... true prophet and a genius , he had become a soothsayer , but was surprised and forced into a true prophet again . His words come forth from his lips like honey from the carcase of the lion- " meat from the eater . " We figure him always ...
... true prophet and a genius , he had become a soothsayer , but was surprised and forced into a true prophet again . His words come forth from his lips like honey from the carcase of the lion- " meat from the eater . " We figure him always ...
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