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the, is the, power between, 188.
Aristocrat, nature, a ruthless, 3749.

the, amongst the animals, 3462.
Arms, I never would lay down my,
3976.

Army is, aggregation of details, 191.
Art, all, is great and good and true,
only, 228.

alone supplies an enjoyment
which, 241.

and nature are, harmoniously
working, 220.

beauty's a coward, without, help
of, 430.

cannot give, rules that make,
art, 195.

conscious utterance of thought,
is, 200.

count by gold, and it fetters, 226.
does not lie in copying nature,

213.

entire self-devotion, 199.

every work of, has, end or pur-
pose, 211.

great, as it deceives, 196.

great, is the expression of a pure
soul, 232.

noble life, 231.

great name in, goes but a little
way, 256.

great workman in any, sees more
with, 272.

has advantages of nature with-
out her shackles, 244.

has its fanatics and even, 210.
have genius but wanting, 2019.
in, a point of perfection, 4010.
in the study of nature, 197.
is, after nature, the only conso
lation, 225.

is a language, 275.

is a manly business, 252.
is a reality, 205.

is a revelation of man, 3763.
is a spiritual triumph, 198.
is higher than nations, 208.
is noble, 3808.
is positive, 215.
is power, 221.

is the mirror of life, 207.

is the perfection of nature, 194.
is the revelation of man, 220.
is the shadow of humanity, 214.
is the supreme and final form
in, 222.

is the work of man, a mightier

power, 204.

labor, in the palace of, 2986.
life is short and the, long, 4059.
life, not long enough for, 3213.
many have genius, but, want-
ing, 260.

men of genius are more apt to
feel, than, 209.
moderation in, 237.

must anchor in nature, 206.
my, comprehends all the others,
17.

nature not at variance with, 194.
nature's above, 3774.
necessarily presupposes knowl-
edge, 223.

noble, is the expression of a
great soul, 234.

no good, unbeautiful, 247.

of works of, they mould by con-
tact, 568.

piety, poetry, puseyisms in, 217.
point where, so nearly touches
nature as, 5926.

practical success in, comes from,
246.

repose, in, 233.

represents, truly, 229.

seeks popularity in, closes the
door on, 264.
selfishness in, 4931.
survives all changes, 245.

that gives to, its true power, 224.
the contemplation of, 197.

Art, the inmost secret of, 216.

the lovers of, are many, but, 261.
the, of the wayside, 230.
the right hand of nature, 243.
the salvation of, 238.

true, is opposed to pedantry,

203.

true servant of, will ever be, 45.
unless quickened from above,
and, 193.

vision in, 235.

wit and, 248.

wit and, what power, 5855.

youth of, its inanhood, its old
age, 219.

Artist, dips his brush in his own
soul, 251.

function of the, 273.

great, is the simplifier, 250.
greatness of an, or a writer, 2744.
great pianist is a great, 3722.
is in, his inmost soul aglow, 262.
is the fabled child of popular
legend, 257.

must look to his own industry,
253.

no, work is so high, 3656.
simplicity of the, is, stumbling.
block, 266.

striving to actualize an idea, 263.
the essence of an, is, 276.
the greatest, is he who, 259.
the greatest, who has embodied,
269.

the one thing that marks the
true, 258.

Artist's, cannot put an, day into the
life of any but an artist, 255.
God and the, soul, 271.
the, sufficient reward, 254.
Arts, first rise and progress of the,

212.

Ashamed, man who is not, of him-
self, 4957.

not be, of his early condition,

4957.

Aspiration sees only one side of
every question, 286.

Ass, praise me, an make an, of, 4940.
to write me down an, 827.
Association, the power of, 4391.
Astonishing things are done by or-
dinary, 2002.

Asylum, every, is the question mark,

772.

Atheism, little philosophy inclineth
to, 4025.

Atheist, an, it in no way alters obli-
gations, 282.

Attempts, unsucessful, to spin the
flax God sends, 1451.
Attorneys, know some, of the name,
3782.

Audacity, success, the child of, 5222.

Audience, good talker, implies a
good, 5315.

Author, an, a solitary being, 302.

and reader not always of a
mind, 320.

as long as the book exists, the,
cannot perish, 289.

best part of, is found in his
book, 330.

choose our favorite, as, 315.
every, portrays himself in his
works, 308.

finest strokes of an, are, 993.
great, is a great reformer, 346.
give the, his due, 4591.
happy, below the care of repu-
tation, 317.

hard for a new, to govern his
ambition, 4293.

hope, in the ear of a dramatic,

348.

more than wit, necessary to

form an, 344.

no, ever drew a character, 1560.
nothing more dreadful to an,
than, 336.

rarely that an, is hurt by his
critics, 328.

reputation as an, is, 327.

the rival of the, 999.

who is a lover of books, 316.
who speaks about his Own
books, 304.

worst you can do to an, is, 339.
Authority without virtue is danger.
ous, 2885.

Author's, from an, book to his con-
versation, 321.

Authors, all, are poets, 370.
are lamps, 298.

are like privateers, 322.
are martyrs, 293.

a strange affectation in, 338.
chief glory of every people
arises from its, 331.

in general are stark mad, 347.
promises of, are like, 334.
reciprocal civility of, 335.
Authors' lives, strangely checkered
by vicissitudes, 349.
Authorship, a royal priesthood, 371.
as a vocation, 371.

earning a livelihood by, 373.
Autumn is Venice, 4878.

life to the pomp of, 5246.
magnificent, 374.

the tint of, 375.

Avarice, a greater evil than any,
found in poverty, 381.

ambition is more heroic than,
103.

a uniform and tractable vice,
386.

gaming is the child of, 1956.

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Beautiful, the, is beauty seen with,

415.

the, is never plentiful, 406.
the simple fact of being, 412.
Beauty, all, does not inspire love,
400.

alone confers happiness on all,

422.

always lies in a medium, 413.

a property of the world of sense,
423.

contrast increases the splendor
of, 418.

does its work, then drops, 403.
God's trademark in creation, 399.
honesty coupled to, is, 2509.
human... is the best of all,
416.

in a modest woman, 401.

in everything of God's doing,
419.

is as summer fruits, 397.
is a welcome guest, 408.
is based on reason, 396.
is never a delusion, 409.
is of itself a power, 428.

is part of the finished language,
404.

is the index of, 411.

makes the, of beauty, 2330.
moral, comprehends, 678.

of the fantastic or grotesque, 425.
physical, 424.

power of association is the
power of, 4391.

's a coward, without, help of
art, 430.

the holy-day time of my, 3121.
the possibility of, 4336.

the promise of the future, 5796.
there is in true, 402.

the sensible image of the infi-
nite, 398.

the worship of, 426.

without expression, 405.
Bed, accustomed to a silken, 3419.
gravity out of his, at midnight,

2202.

Bed-fellows, misery acquaints with
strange, 3585.

Beer, felony to drink small, 1215.
Beersheba, travel from Dan to, 4020.
Beggar, farmer's dog bark at a, 431.

for a jest, deserves to die a, by,
1711.

most independent, 2725.

that I am, I am even poor, 5361.
Beggars, any man that keeps, 867.
Beggary in the love that can be
reckoned, 3366.

is valiant, 5598.
Behavior is a mirror, 432.
Belief, when one's is firm, is not to
be alone, 134.

Believe those whom we do not | Blood, of man, shed, to redeem the
know, 5474.

to, or to disbelieve, 435.
what a man does not, 436.
Bell, a heart as sound as a, 3580.
Bells, the music nighest heaven, 439.
Beloved, infallible means of being,
3334.

Benediction, a face like a, 1435.
Benevolence, confidence and chills,
2715.

human, 443.

human, mingled with vanity,444.
the distinguishing characteris-
tic, 446.

the tranquil habitation, 447.
Benevolent, to be, will not be rich,

448.

Bent, fool me to the top of my, 2748.
Berry, made a better, but doubtless
God, 152.

Best things, be seldomest seen, 2714.
Better, little, than one of the wicked,
608.

strangers, 1336.

Bible is a book of faith, 458.

is the, chronicle of the Jews,
457.

name of this book is simply the,
455.

stands alone in human litera-
ture, 451.

the training-book of the world,
450.

Bigotry murders religion to fright-
en, 466.

Biography, no kind of writing so in-
teresting, as, 468.

the only true history, 2455.
Bird, God gives every, its food, 4928.
Birds, the world's happy children,
469.

Birth, death borders upon our, 1086.
estimation of, is arbitrary and
capricious, 137.

Birthday, the, of an eternity, 1104.
Birthright, we sell our, whenever
we sell, 3174.

Black, let the devil wear, 4077.
Bladder, blows a man up like a,
2302.

Blandishments will not fascinate
us, nor, 1652.
Blessings, boundless wealth of its,
5579.

may appear under the shape,
disappointments, 470.

Blind, the bountiful, woman, 1636.
Blockhead, no man but a,

wrote except, 329.

ever

Blockhead's, coxcomb is the, man,

983.

Blood, ice in one's, 4058.

is inherited, 5617.

blood of man, 5709.
so much, in him, 3669.

the power of, over

stances, 140.

circum-

Blows a man up like a bladder, 2002.
ill wind that, no man to good,

3418.

Blush, better a, in the face than,
472.

Blushed as he gave it in, 5270.
Blushes are badges of imperfection,

474.

Blushing either a sign of guilt or
ill breeding, 473.
Bodies, friendship? two, and one
soul, 1899.

Body, very age and, of the time,

5689.

Bold, be, first gate, 476.
Bond, friendship is the greatest, in
the world, 1926.

I think I may take his, 5759.
Bones, take off my flesh and sit in
my, 4086.

the tongs and the, 3712.
Book, a good, is the precious life-
blood, 558.

a good, kills reason itself, kills,
557.

a, is a garden, 490.

a, is a party, 490.

a, is good company, 491.
a, must satisfy, 552.

art able to write a, 295.

as long as the, exists, the au-
thor cannot perish, 289.
behind the, a personality, 305
civilization the, is still the high-
est delight, 516.

every, is a quotation, 4572.
excellent, like a fruit tree, 509.
fed of the dainties that are bred
in a, 4635.

good from title-page to end, 480.
good, is fruitful of other books,

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the index by which the whole, is
governed, 2739.

the outside of a, 461.
the power of a, 549.

the virtue of a true, 501.

the writer of a, 296.

turn over half a library to make one, 332.

who reads an American, 122. whose flavor is as refreshing, 481.

Bookmakers, not authors, 4120.
Books, a choice in, as in friends, 551.

are a finer world within the, 567.
are always disengaged, 508.
are always with us, 546.
are as meats and viands, 556
are fatal, 511.

are friends that never fail, 498.
are like men's souls, 495.
are made from books, 575.
are our best company, 559.
are the best things, well used,

512.

are the true levellers, 502. are without rivals, 545.

a small number of choice, 574. a, small number, play a great part, 576

as society refines, new, more necessary, 524.

bad, among worst of curses, 578. best, are not always, 550.

best, meet the peculiar wants, 505.

blessings which, scatter, 579. brown backs dear to a lover of, 465.

by which the printers have lost, 521.

companions in solitude, 504. companionship which is found in good, 483.

correct the vices of the polite,

522.

enable us to converse with the dead, 493.

enter into our notion of culture, 513.

forefathers had no other, 4486. form a universal republic, 563. from, wise men derive consolation, 532.

good, are common among us, 489.

good, are, precious, blessings, 578.

gossip of society would perish if the, 3181.

Books, governed by, 577. have their fate, 581.

if possible, gather some good, 3179.

if the, that are truly worth reading were, 2117.

in, lies the soul of past time, 497. insatiable craving for, 4628. in the best, great men talk, 503. knowledge of, is a torch, 459. landmarks and guides, 525. life of man, preserved and stored up in, 558.

living more with, 4613. love of, is a love, 548.

lover of, is the richest and happiest, 464.

make men alone for themselves, 485.

man, fond of, 4611.

man possesses, but does not read, 533.

man's truest counsellors, 547. more than one way of coming into the world, 569.

most influential, and the truest, 1564.

multitude of, is a great evil, 352. no blessing that can be given, more than a love of, 460. not easy to speak of, own, 301. no time in life when, do not influence, 492.

old, are, of the world's youth, 527.

old, look out from, shelves, 531. our most steadfast friends, 559. reading all my, in originals, 4616. receive, chief value from, 572. silent teachers, 506.

some, are edifices, some, 529. some, are to be tasted, 488. stamped with valuable effigies,

519.

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