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... poet , and among the highest of his time , we must reckon him [ Jean Paul Richter ] , though he wrote no verses - a philosopher , though he promulgated no system . Such a man we can safely recommend to universal study . " - Thomas ...
... poet , and among the highest of his time , we must reckon him [ Jean Paul Richter ] , though he wrote no verses - a philosopher , though he promulgated no system . Such a man we can safely recommend to universal study . " - Thomas ...
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... poet and the boor , upon a level for ever ? Like every other question which surges up concerning that unseen world , the same reply comes back - We know not , we cannot know . " Who telleth a tale of unspeaking death , Or lifteth the ...
... poet and the boor , upon a level for ever ? Like every other question which surges up concerning that unseen world , the same reply comes back - We know not , we cannot know . " Who telleth a tale of unspeaking death , Or lifteth the ...
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... poetic fancies , we should find little in the Zend Avesta to meet our purpose . Such however is not the point of view from which the value of the reco- * • Westergaard's Zend Avesta , vol . i . , Preface , p . 22 . Essay on the Avesta ...
... poetic fancies , we should find little in the Zend Avesta to meet our purpose . Such however is not the point of view from which the value of the reco- * • Westergaard's Zend Avesta , vol . i . , Preface , p . 22 . Essay on the Avesta ...
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... Poetry there is an admirable distinction between the different sorts of utility . There is an utility of the higher and of the lower kind ; an ultimate and absolute utility , and a secondary and subordinate utility . The first concerns ...
... Poetry there is an admirable distinction between the different sorts of utility . There is an utility of the higher and of the lower kind ; an ultimate and absolute utility , and a secondary and subordinate utility . The first concerns ...
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... poets , architects , sculptors , painters , composers of music . There are artists of the secondary order , dramatic performers , translat- ors , copyists of architecture , of sculpture , and of painting ; engravers , performers of ...
... poets , architects , sculptors , painters , composers of music . There are artists of the secondary order , dramatic performers , translat- ors , copyists of architecture , of sculpture , and of painting ; engravers , performers of ...
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Page 385 - There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Page 435 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 310 - ... what shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 435 - For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Page 12 - All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets : Matt, vii, 12.
Page 423 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 96 - Yet if, as holiest men have deem'd, there be A land of souls beyond that sable shore, To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee Aud sophists, madly vain of dubious lore...
Page 11 - 1. Do not kill. 2. Do not steal. 3. Do not commit adultery. 4. Do not lie. 5. Do not slander.
Page 44 - ... he were every day guilty of some himself; and, at the same time, as cautious of committing a fault, as if he never forgave one.
Page 18 - To the like purpose is Mic. vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love MERCY, and walk humbly with thy God ? And also Hos.