 But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike ; that democratic dignity which, on all hands,...  Collected Prose - Page 64by Charles Olson - 1997 - 382 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Herman Melville - Adventure stories - 1892 - 576 pages
...dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike ; that democratic dignity which, on...from God ; Himself ! The great God absolute ! The centre and circumference of all democracy ! His omnipresence, our divine equality ! If, then, to meanest... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Natural history - 1893 - 282 pages
...permitting stars. But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but the abounding dignity which has no robed investiture....all hands, radiates without end from God Himself." There is then something to be said in favour of this animal and primitive nature in us. Thoreau, albeit... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Natural history - 1917 - 306 pages
...permitting stars. But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but the abounding dignity which has no robed investiture....all hands, radiates without end from God Himself." There is then something to be said in favor of this animal and primitive nature in us. Thoreau, albeit... | |
 | herman melville - 1922 - 742 pages
...shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike ; that democratic dignity which,on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself ! The great God absolute ! The centre and circumference of all democracy ! His omnipresence, our divine equality ! J.fj then, to meanest... | |
 | Harry Slochower - Myth in literature - 1970 - 376 pages
...pampered arm of old Cervantes," and who picked up Andrew Jackson "from the pebbles." He would celebrate "that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God." Ahab himself is a "democratic" hero, one who does not possess "the dignity of kings and robes." But... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1983 - 1470 pages
...dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on...end from God; Himself! The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality! If, then, to meanest... | |
 | John McWilliams - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 284 pages
...dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on...end from God; Himself! The Great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality! The spirit of divine... | |
 | Richard H. Brodhead - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 196 pages
...stock-companies and nations," Ishmael declares, but in his spiritual essence man is the bearer of a "democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself!" It is man's relation to this "great democratic God" that makes him "so noble and so sparkling, such... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - Fiction - 1988 - 1072 pages
...abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shah see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on...end from God; Himself! The great God absolute ! The centre and circumference of all democracy ! His omnipresence, our divine equality! If, then, to meanest... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - Fiction - 1988 - 1080 pages
...abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt secit shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end trom God; Himself! The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence,... | |
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