The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years, Volume 1Carson and Simpson, 1896 - Anthologies |
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... to enlarge and purify the soul , to fill the mind with noble contemplations and to fur- nish a refined pleasure . Considering this as can surely claim precedence of astronomy . No other science THE USES OF ASTRONOMY . 1276.
... to enlarge and purify the soul , to fill the mind with noble contemplations and to fur- nish a refined pleasure . Considering this as can surely claim precedence of astronomy . No other science THE USES OF ASTRONOMY . 1276.
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... plations are well calculated to inspire awe , but not abasement . Mind and matter are incommensurable . An immortal soul , even while clothed in " this muddy vesture of de- eye , cay , " is in the eye of 24 THE USES OF ASTRONOMY .
... plations are well calculated to inspire awe , but not abasement . Mind and matter are incommensurable . An immortal soul , even while clothed in " this muddy vesture of de- eye , cay , " is in the eye of 24 THE USES OF ASTRONOMY .
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... souls ? By thee and by the moon , though each of you seems worthy of con- fidence , we lovers are cruelly deceived ... soul , will give me real delight if he destroy me with the aid of my beloved , whose eyes are large and beautiful as ...
... souls ? By thee and by the moon , though each of you seems worthy of con- fidence , we lovers are cruelly deceived ... soul , will give me real delight if he destroy me with the aid of my beloved , whose eyes are large and beautiful as ...
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... soul's misery . Go hear what I have heard- The sobs of sad despair As memory's feeling fount hath stirred , And its revealings there Have told him what he might have been Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen . Go to my mother's side And ...
... soul's misery . Go hear what I have heard- The sobs of sad despair As memory's feeling fount hath stirred , And its revealings there Have told him what he might have been Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen . Go to my mother's side And ...
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... soul must slip Where the world has set the grooving : breath , That your beauty itself wants proving ; Unless you can swear , " For life , for death , " — Oh fear to call it loving ! fair red lip ; But love seeks truer loving . She ...
... soul must slip Where the world has set the grooving : breath , That your beauty itself wants proving ; Unless you can swear , " For life , for death , " — Oh fear to call it loving ! fair red lip ; But love seeks truer loving . She ...
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