Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As Preserved and Presented by the World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen9Ferd. P. Kaiser, 1902 |
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... look for a respect for those of others , a generous intrepidity in their defense , and the noble care of their preser- vation . True courage belongs only to the free man . Of what can those be capable who are nothing except by the will ...
... look for a respect for those of others , a generous intrepidity in their defense , and the noble care of their preser- vation . True courage belongs only to the free man . Of what can those be capable who are nothing except by the will ...
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... look upon them only in the common light as men , and as unworthy of their regard . This inconveniency is inevitable , but of no great consequence . The point is , to behave kindly towards our fellow - subjects . Abroad , the Spartans ...
... look upon them only in the common light as men , and as unworthy of their regard . This inconveniency is inevitable , but of no great consequence . The point is , to behave kindly towards our fellow - subjects . Abroad , the Spartans ...
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... look upon all by which it speaks to us more clearly than to brutes , upon all which bears witness to the intention of the Supreme that we are to receive more from the covering vault than the light and the dew which we share with the ...
... look upon all by which it speaks to us more clearly than to brutes , upon all which bears witness to the intention of the Supreme that we are to receive more from the covering vault than the light and the dew which we share with the ...
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... look away for an in- stant , and look back , and it is again there . What has it to do with that clump of pines , that it broods by them , and waves itself among their branches , to and fro ? Has it hidden a cloudy treasure among the ...
... look away for an in- stant , and look back , and it is again there . What has it to do with that clump of pines , that it broods by them , and waves itself among their branches , to and fro ? Has it hidden a cloudy treasure among the ...
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... look close at the heavenly scroll , we may find also a syllable or two of answer , illuminated here and there . And though the climates of the south and east may be com- paratively clear , they are no more absolutely clear than our own ...
... look close at the heavenly scroll , we may find also a syllable or two of answer , illuminated here and there . And though the climates of the south and east may be com- paratively clear , they are no more absolutely clear than our own ...
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Página 3432 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Página 3490 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Página 3288 - Who saw the narrow sunbeam that came out of the south and smote upon their summits until they melted and mouldered away in a dust of blue rain? Who saw the dance of the dead clouds when the sunlight left them last night, and the west wind blew them before it like withered leaves?
Página 3437 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Página 3288 - Who saw the dance of the dead clouds where the sunlight left them last night, and the west wind blew them before it like withered leaves? All has passed unregretted as unseen; or if the apathy be ever shaken off even for an instant, it is only by what is gross, or what is extraordinary. And yet it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, nor in the clash of the hail, nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not...
Página 3547 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Página 3451 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country ? How much commerce and navigation in particular, how many ship-builders, sailors, sail-makers, rope-makers, must have been employed in order to bring together the different drugs made use of by the dyer, which often come from the remotest corners of the world...
Página 3287 - IT 1s a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man — more for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him, and teaching him — than in any other of her works; and it is just the part in which we least attend to her.
Página 3388 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Página 3396 - It is not that I adulate the people: Without me, there are demagogues enough, And infidels, to pull down every steeple, And set up in their stead some proper stuff. Whether they may sow scepticism to reap hell, As is the Christian dogma rather rough, I do not know; — I wish men to be free As much from mobs as kings— from you as me.