Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 817
... perfection in the degree in which it reveals the life behind it , and at the same time conceals all trace of intention , contrivance , or method in making its revelation . In the highest work of all kinds obedience is spontaneous and ...
... perfection in the degree in which it reveals the life behind it , and at the same time conceals all trace of intention , contrivance , or method in making its revelation . In the highest work of all kinds obedience is spontaneous and ...
Page 827
... perfection in phrase and form was not a matter of mere workman- ship ; it was the passion to match the word with the thought , the melody with the feeling , so vitally and com- pletely that the ultimate harmony , in which all men be ...
... perfection in phrase and form was not a matter of mere workman- ship ; it was the passion to match the word with the thought , the melody with the feeling , so vitally and com- pletely that the ultimate harmony , in which all men be ...
Page 828
... perfection , but of the sublime inference of that passion - the immortality of the spirit which con- ceived , and of the race among which the perfect work was born . In This passion , which is always striving to realize its own ...
... perfection , but of the sublime inference of that passion - the immortality of the spirit which con- ceived , and of the race among which the perfect work was born . In This passion , which is always striving to realize its own ...
Page 832
... perfection of form , his ideality , and the sensitiveness of his temperament are all subtly combined in the quality of distinction which characterizes his best work in prose and verse . His indi- viduality is not only strongly marked ...
... perfection of form , his ideality , and the sensitiveness of his temperament are all subtly combined in the quality of distinction which characterizes his best work in prose and verse . His indi- viduality is not only strongly marked ...
Page 834
... perfection they win us away from lesser and meaner ways of work . By the fineness of his crafts- manship he revealed the artistic potentialities of the American spirit . Of a proud and sensitive nature , reared among a proud and ...
... perfection they win us away from lesser and meaner ways of work . By the fineness of his crafts- manship he revealed the artistic potentialities of the American spirit . Of a proud and sensitive nature , reared among a proud and ...
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