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... seek the motive , to trace the law of another nature . They never dream that there are statures which cannot be measured from their point of view . They love , they like , or they hate ; the book is detestable , immoral , absurd , or ...
... seek the motive , to trace the law of another nature . They never dream that there are statures which cannot be measured from their point of view . They love , they like , or they hate ; the book is detestable , immoral , absurd , or ...
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... seek to degrade but to classify an object by stating what it is not . We detach the part from the whole , lest it stand between us and the whole . When we have ascertained in what degree it manifests the whole , we may safely restore it ...
... seek to degrade but to classify an object by stating what it is not . We detach the part from the whole , lest it stand between us and the whole . When we have ascertained in what degree it manifests the whole , we may safely restore it ...
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... seek to dwell in fire . But as you soar towards this as a Maker , so do I toil to- Your pinions will not upbear I ... seeking to be realized in my mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object answers this ...
... seek to dwell in fire . But as you soar towards this as a Maker , so do I toil to- Your pinions will not upbear I ... seeking to be realized in my mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object answers this ...
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... seeking , seems to tread the air , is indi- cated by the text : " Beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who come with glad tidings . " And such thoughts were suggested by the gait and gesture of George Herbert , especially ...
... seeking , seems to tread the air , is indi- cated by the text : " Beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who come with glad tidings . " And such thoughts were suggested by the gait and gesture of George Herbert , especially ...
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... value in my eyes ; and did I be- lieve that life , in scenes like this , would lead me to it more speedily than in my accustomed broader way , I would seek it to - morrow - nay , to - day . 34 PAPERS ON LITERATURE AND ART .
... value in my eyes ; and did I be- lieve that life , in scenes like this , would lead me to it more speedily than in my accustomed broader way , I would seek it to - morrow - nay , to - day . 34 PAPERS ON LITERATURE AND ART .
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