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Page 30
... you some poor verses in which I have told , by means of various like . nesses ,
in an imperfect fashion , how it is with me in this matter ? Lord H . — Do so ! I shall
hear them gladly ; for I , like you , though with less time and learning to perfect it ...
... you some poor verses in which I have told , by means of various like . nesses ,
in an imperfect fashion , how it is with me in this matter ? Lord H . — Do so ! I shall
hear them gladly ; for I , like you , though with less time and learning to perfect it ...
Page 38
... And what in their own nature are by far most perfect In us , at least , appear
embellished , Since the sleeping minds which heaven prepares from the
beginningOnly our labor and industry can vivify , Polishing them with learning
and with ...
... And what in their own nature are by far most perfect In us , at least , appear
embellished , Since the sleeping minds which heaven prepares from the
beginningOnly our labor and industry can vivify , Polishing them with learning
and with ...
Page 56
They were eighteen and nineteen years of age , an age when the mind is hoping
every thing — fearing nothing ; a time when perfect freedom of intercourse is
possible ; for then no community of interests is exacted between two noble
natures ...
They were eighteen and nineteen years of age , an age when the mind is hoping
every thing — fearing nothing ; a time when perfect freedom of intercourse is
possible ; for then no community of interests is exacted between two noble
natures ...
Page 59
And though many a pillar and many a stone remain to tell where he dwelt and
how he strove , we seek in vain for the temple of perfect workmanship with which
Nature meant so skilful an architect should have adorned her Earth . Sir James ...
And though many a pillar and many a stone remain to tell where he dwelt and
how he strove , we seek in vain for the temple of perfect workmanship with which
Nature meant so skilful an architect should have adorned her Earth . Sir James ...
Page 69
To him they are not angels - not , in the common sense , heroines ; but of a “
perfect woman nobly planned , ” he has a better idea than most men , or even
poets . Witness one of his poems , which has never received its meed of fame ; I
allude ...
To him they are not angels - not , in the common sense , heroines ; but of a “
perfect woman nobly planned , ” he has a better idea than most men , or even
poets . Witness one of his poems , which has never received its meed of fame ; I
allude ...
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| Title | Art, Literature, and the Drama |
| Author | Margaret Fuller |
| Editor | Arthur Buckminster Fuller |
| Publisher | Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1860 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 449 pages |
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