Concord DaysRoberts Brothers, 1872 - 276 pages |
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... virtue . Does it matter nothing to him what objects accost him whenever he glances from his windows , or steps out - of - doors ? He who is so far weaned from the landscape , or indifferent to it , as not to derive a sweet and robust ...
... virtue . Does it matter nothing to him what objects accost him whenever he glances from his windows , or steps out - of - doors ? He who is so far weaned from the landscape , or indifferent to it , as not to derive a sweet and robust ...
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... virtue unstained . Of all our moralists , he seemed the wholesomest , the busiest , and the best republican citizen ... virtues of Sparta and the Stoics , all the more welcome in his time of shuffling and pusillanimity . Plutarch would ...
... virtue unstained . Of all our moralists , he seemed the wholesomest , the busiest , and the best republican citizen ... virtues of Sparta and the Stoics , all the more welcome in his time of shuffling and pusillanimity . Plutarch would ...
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... virtue thus withdrawn from them . All the manliness of individuals is sunk in that partnership in trade . Not only must I come out of institutions , but come out of myself , if I will be free and independent . Shall one be denied the ...
... virtue thus withdrawn from them . All the manliness of individuals is sunk in that partnership in trade . Not only must I come out of institutions , but come out of myself , if I will be free and independent . Shall one be denied the ...
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... virtues grow Beneath our humors , and at seasons show . " And yet , under our east winds of reserve , there hides an obscure courtesy in the best natures , which neither temperament nor breeding can spoil . Sometimes man- ners the 36 ...
... virtues grow Beneath our humors , and at seasons show . " And yet , under our east winds of reserve , there hides an obscure courtesy in the best natures , which neither temperament nor breeding can spoil . Sometimes man- ners the 36 ...
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... virtues and accom- plishments draw inside of the mansion ; persons being the figures that grace the edifice , else unfurnished , and but a showy pile of ostentation and folly , as desolate within as pretentious without . " Two things ...
... virtues and accom- plishments draw inside of the mansion ; persons being the figures that grace the edifice , else unfurnished , and but a showy pile of ostentation and folly , as desolate within as pretentious without . " Two things ...
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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.