Concord DaysRoberts Brothers, 1872 - 276 pages |
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... , moreover ; having been the home- stead of a brother of President Hoar , of Harvard College , and remained in possession of members of that venerable family down to near the beginning of the present cen- 6 CONCORD DAYS .
... , moreover ; having been the home- stead of a brother of President Hoar , of Harvard College , and remained in possession of members of that venerable family down to near the beginning of the present cen- 6 CONCORD DAYS .
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Amos Bronson Alcott. family down to near the beginning of the present cen- tury . The site is hardly surpassed by any on the old Boston road ; the woods behind crowning the range of hills running north almost to the village , and ...
Amos Bronson Alcott. family down to near the beginning of the present cen- tury . The site is hardly surpassed by any on the old Boston road ; the woods behind crowning the range of hills running north almost to the village , and ...
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... beginning the plant- FA ing of the season's crops . One cannot well forego the pleasures which the culture of a garden affords . He must have a little spot upon which to bestow his affec- tions , and own his affinities with earth and ...
... beginning the plant- FA ing of the season's crops . One cannot well forego the pleasures which the culture of a garden affords . He must have a little spot upon which to bestow his affec- tions , and own his affinities with earth and ...
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... beginning , until , finally , the pre- supposition of all is reached . It is essentially a going from the part to the whole . Whatever is seized by the dialectic is turned on its varied sides , and careful note is made of its defects ...
... beginning , until , finally , the pre- supposition of all is reached . It is essentially a going from the part to the whole . Whatever is seized by the dialectic is turned on its varied sides , and careful note is made of its defects ...
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... beginning to worship ? JOSIAH . No , Mr. Alcott ; a little baby does not worship . It opens its eyes on the outward world , and sees things , and perhaps wonders what they are ; but it don't know anything about them or itself . It don't ...
... beginning to worship ? JOSIAH . No , Mr. Alcott ; a little baby does not worship . It opens its eyes on the outward world , and sees things , and perhaps wonders what they are ; but it don't know anything about them or itself . It don't ...
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Page 93 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 94 - The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ?
Page 79 - And teach her fair steps tread our Earth ; Till that divine Idea, take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine ; Meet you her, my wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 93 - The woman answered, and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband ; 18 For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly.
Page 94 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ : when he is come he will tell us all things.
Page 54 - ... to be sought in the common intercourse of life, among those who speak only to be understood, without ambition of elegance.
Page 142 - And many a mystic thing, Which the divine embraces Of the dear Spouse of Spirits with them will bring, For which it is no shame That dull mortality must not know a name...
Page 82 - Life, that dares send A challenge to his end. And when it comes, say, "Welcome, friend !" Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers.
Page 81 - Smiles, that can warm The blood, yet teach a charm, That chastity shall take no harm. Blushes, that bin The burnish of no sin, Nor flames of aught too hot within. Joys, that confess Virtue their mistress, And have no other head to dress.
Page 35 - ... quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees; And every atom poises for itself, And for the whole. The gentle deities Showed me the lore of colors and of sounds, 60 The innumerable tenements of beauty, The miracle of generative force, Far-reaching concords of astronomy Felt in the plants and in the punctual birds ; Better, the linked purpose of the whole.