Sunshine in ThoughtC.T. Evans, 1863 - 197 pages |
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... land ; men who in their practical way realize that this " beautiful pathos " is in most cases nonsensical , " fine " as it may be . An illustration of this may be found in the readiness with which circulation has been readily given to ...
... land ; men who in their practical way realize that this " beautiful pathos " is in most cases nonsensical , " fine " as it may be . An illustration of this may be found in the readiness with which circulation has been readily given to ...
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... land , of the German Krutschman - Moloch , and the Slavonic Cre- mara , or Swine Deity , gave it welcome . The whole idea of happiness in Northern Europe had heretofore been summed up in one word , " blood , " and men lent a ready hand ...
... land , of the German Krutschman - Moloch , and the Slavonic Cre- mara , or Swine Deity , gave it welcome . The whole idea of happiness in Northern Europe had heretofore been summed up in one word , " blood , " and men lent a ready hand ...
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... together , at least to the Venusberg - the Mons Veneris of German legend - to a brave fairy - land of truth , nobility , gallantry , honor , hon- esty , and joyousness . It is a good plan to illustrate a truth by CHAPTER SECOND. ...
... together , at least to the Venusberg - the Mons Veneris of German legend - to a brave fairy - land of truth , nobility , gallantry , honor , hon- esty , and joyousness . It is a good plan to illustrate a truth by CHAPTER SECOND. ...
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... lands where'er you roam . " TANNHAUSER wandered from the hill , In sorrow and distress : " I will toward Rome , the holy town , And all to the Pope confess . " Now joyfully I'll wend my way— God guards me still , I'm sure— Unto the Pope ...
... lands where'er you roam . " TANNHAUSER wandered from the hill , In sorrow and distress : " I will toward Rome , the holy town , And all to the Pope confess . " Now joyfully I'll wend my way— God guards me still , I'm sure— Unto the Pope ...
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... land , Where TANNHAUSER had been . But he was in the mount again , And in the mount he'll stay ; Till GOD shall judge him for his sins , Upon the Judgment Day . Hence shall no Pope , no Cardinal , E'er shake man's hope of heaven ; For ...
... land , Where TANNHAUSER had been . But he was in the mount again , And in the mount he'll stay ; Till GOD shall judge him for his sins , Upon the Judgment Day . Hence shall no Pope , no Cardinal , E'er shake man's hope of heaven ; For ...
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Page 137 - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Page 145 - That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express ; no, nor the first sight of the life.
Page 72 - ... sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 128 - O wheels! Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark; And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark.
Page 111 - I have become sincerely suspicions of the piety of those who do not love pleasure in any form. I cannot trust the man that never laughs ; that is always sedate ; that has no apparent outlets for springs of sportiveness and gayety that are perennial in the human soul. I know that Nature takes her revenge on such violence. I expect to find secret vices, malignant sins, or horrid crimes springing up in this hot-bed...
Page 137 - Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But to work that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day.
Page 128 - Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God fashions or reveals: Let them prove their living souls against the notion That they live in you, or under you, O wheels!
Page 100 - LOOKED upon his brow, — no sign Of guilt or fear was there ; He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could dare The deadliest form that Death could take. And dare it for the daring's sake.
Page 24 - Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Page 89 - Humanity is a word which you look for in vain in Plato or Aristotle; the idea of mankind as one family, as the children of one God, is an idea of Christian growth...