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... things by parts , Nature perfects all together . ' The triumphant periods of nations have this excellence of Nature - opulence , arms , and intellect flourish at the same time : the vegetation of the imperial tree is urged at once ...
... things by parts , Nature perfects all together . ' The triumphant periods of nations have this excellence of Nature - opulence , arms , and intellect flourish at the same time : the vegetation of the imperial tree is urged at once ...
Page ix
... things he was doing , or of the vast space that he must fill in the eyes of the future . And this unconsciousness , the rarest distinction , and clearest evidence of great minds , crowns his supremacy ; for it must have proceeded from ...
... things he was doing , or of the vast space that he must fill in the eyes of the future . And this unconsciousness , the rarest distinction , and clearest evidence of great minds , crowns his supremacy ; for it must have proceeded from ...
Page x
... things into shape , and lifts them up for the admiration of the world , with the buoyancy and radiance of a cloud painted by the sun . The stern superstitions of the republicans , the military array of the land , the vast prayer ...
... things into shape , and lifts them up for the admiration of the world , with the buoyancy and radiance of a cloud painted by the sun . The stern superstitions of the republicans , the military array of the land , the vast prayer ...
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... things pass , And held after the new world the trace . He gave not for the text a pulled hen , That saith that hunters be not holy men ; And that a Monk , when he is reckless , Is like unto a fish that is waterless ; That is to say , a ...
... things pass , And held after the new world the trace . He gave not for the text a pulled hen , That saith that hunters be not holy men ; And that a Monk , when he is reckless , Is like unto a fish that is waterless ; That is to say , a ...
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... thing have suffisance . Wide was his parish , and houses far asunder , But he nor felt nor thought of rain or thunder , In sickness and in mischief to visit The farthest in his parish , much and oft , Upon his feet , and in his hand a ...
... thing have suffisance . Wide was his parish , and houses far asunder , But he nor felt nor thought of rain or thunder , In sickness and in mischief to visit The farthest in his parish , much and oft , Upon his feet , and in his hand a ...
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