Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... wind has died away , so the child seeks , by prolonging in its voice and motions the duration of the effect , to prolong also a consciousness of the cause . In relation to the objects which delight a child , these expressions are , what ...
... wind has died away , so the child seeks , by prolonging in its voice and motions the duration of the effect , to prolong also a consciousness of the cause . In relation to the objects which delight a child , these expressions are , what ...
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... wind , nourishing its everlasting course with strength and swiftness . The poetry in the doctrines of Jesus Christ , and the mythology and institutions of the Celtic con- querors of the Roman empire , outlived the dark- ness and the ...
... wind , nourishing its everlasting course with strength and swiftness . The poetry in the doctrines of Jesus Christ , and the mythology and institutions of the Celtic con- querors of the Roman empire , outlived the dark- ness and the ...
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... wind , awakens to transitory brightness ; this power arises from within , like the colour of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed , and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its ...
... wind , awakens to transitory brightness ; this power arises from within , like the colour of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed , and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its ...
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... wind over the sea , which the coming calm erases , and whose traces remain only , as on the wrinkled sand which paves it . These and corre- sponding conditions of being are experienced prin- cipally by those of the most delicate ...
... wind over the sea , which the coming calm erases , and whose traces remain only , as on the wrinkled sand which paves it . These and corre- sponding conditions of being are experienced prin- cipally by those of the most delicate ...
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... wind , and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them , which by their incon- ceivable relation to something within the soul , awaken the spirits to a dance of breathless rapture , and bring tears of ...
... wind , and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them , which by their incon- ceivable relation to something within the soul , awaken the spirits to a dance of breathless rapture , and bring tears of ...
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