Hidden fields
Books Books
" To sit still and contemplate, - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet content to remain where and what you are - is not this to know both... "
The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 115
by John Kelman - 1903 - 301 pages
Full view - About this book

"Virginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1906 - 280 pages
...to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and every whereinsympathy,and yet content to remain where and what you are — is...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. And once you are at that, you are in the very humour of all social heresy. It is no time for shuffling,...
Full view - About this book

"Virginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson - English essays - 1906 - 280 pages
...pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything andeverywhereinsympathy,andyetcontent to remain where and what you are — is not this to...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. And once you are at that, you are in the very humour of all social heresy. It is no time for shuffling,...
Full view - About this book

Stevenson Day by Day

Robert Louis Stevenson - Calendars - 1909 - 158 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. Walking Tours. JUNE TWENTY-SECOND There 's such a thing as a man being pious and honest in the private...
Full view - About this book

The Book of Good Cheer: A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts

Edwin Osgood Grover - English poetry - 1909 - 72 pages
...remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased with the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...both wisdom and virtue, and to dwell with happiness? — Robert Louis Stevenson. 'PINESS is a very beautiful thing,— the most beautiful and heavenly thing...
Full view - About this book

The Theory of Beauty

Edgar Frederick Carritt - Aesthetics - 1914 - 332 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy and yet...both wisdom and virtue, and to dwell with happiness ? " 1 Stevenson may have been consciously influenced by Schopenhauer, but that, of course, cannot be...
Full view - About this book

The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts

William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - English essays - 1916 - 540 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. And once you are at that, you are in the very humour of all social heresy. It is no time for shuffling,...
Full view - About this book

"Virginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson - English essays - 1916 - 284 pages
...without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything «nd every where in sympathy, and yet content to remain where and what...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. And once you are at that, you are in the very humour of all social heresy. It is no time for shuffling,...
Full view - About this book

Just Being Happy: A Little Book of Happy Thoughts

Edwin Osgood Grover - Happiness - 1916 - 64 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...both wisdom and virtue, and to dwell with happiness? — Walking Tours H OW it blesses the street, a face laughing all to itself! As soon as one sees it,...
Full view - About this book

Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson - Essays - 1918 - 370 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...private chamber, who have the fun of the procession. And once yon are at that, you are in the very humor of all social heresy. It is no time for shuffling,...
Full view - About this book

Sentences and Thinking: A Practice Book in Sentence Making

Norman Foerster, John Marcellus Steadman - English language - 1919 - 136 pages
...to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet...both wisdom and virtue, and to dwell with happiness? (Stevenson.) 30. From thence he could discern, at a single glance, how arduous was the task before...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF