A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... feeling eventuates in some form of action . Action is the right outlet of emotion . 27 Henry Ward Beecher : Proverbs ... feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action . 32 ...
... feeling eventuates in some form of action . Action is the right outlet of emotion . 27 Henry Ward Beecher : Proverbs ... feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action . 32 ...
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... feeling than this , of admiration for one higher than himself , dwells in the breast of man . It is to this hour , and at all hours , the vivifying influence in man's life . 52 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship . The Hero as Divinity ...
... feeling than this , of admiration for one higher than himself , dwells in the breast of man . It is to this hour , and at all hours , the vivifying influence in man's life . 52 Carlyle : Heroes and Hero Worship . The Hero as Divinity ...
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... feel art than to understand it ; and they sometimes mistake that emotion which a work of art calls forth for essential characteristics of the work itself . 209 George S. Hillard : Six Months in Italy . Ch . 29 . Travellers in Italy and ...
... feel art than to understand it ; and they sometimes mistake that emotion which a work of art calls forth for essential characteristics of the work itself . 209 George S. Hillard : Six Months in Italy . Ch . 29 . Travellers in Italy and ...
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... feels a sense of human dignity or worth to which the mere paid laborer is a stranger . 263 Henry James : Lectures and Miscellanies . The Principle of Universality in Art . Lect . iii . He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on ...
... feels a sense of human dignity or worth to which the mere paid laborer is a stranger . 263 Henry James : Lectures and Miscellanies . The Principle of Universality in Art . Lect . iii . He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on ...
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... feeling that ever lights a human face is the con- tentment of a loving soul . 890 Henry Ward Beecher : Life Thoughts . We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit . 891 Henry Ward Beecher ...
... feeling that ever lights a human face is the con- tentment of a loving soul . 890 Henry Ward Beecher : Life Thoughts . We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit . 891 Henry Ward Beecher ...
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