Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and WisdomIvison, 1880 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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... fact that ' VANITY ' ( vanitas , vanus , empty ) is but emptiness ! I find , however , I am running these premonitory thoughts into the very pith of the book , so here I shall abruptly close . But I read the other day in the Cratylus of ...
... fact that ' VANITY ' ( vanitas , vanus , empty ) is but emptiness ! I find , however , I am running these premonitory thoughts into the very pith of the book , so here I shall abruptly close . But I read the other day in the Cratylus of ...
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... fact of the human faculties and functions . The practical arts are but an expanded Hand : telescope and microscope are realizations of the structure of the Eye : he adds boots of swiftness to his feet in railroads and steam navigation ...
... fact of the human faculties and functions . The practical arts are but an expanded Hand : telescope and microscope are realizations of the structure of the Eye : he adds boots of swiftness to his feet in railroads and steam navigation ...
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... facts - soul and stomach , find expression in one and the same term . Moreover the Greek for mind-- PHREN - is ( what is remarkable for so introspective a race ) that which also expresses midriff or diaphragm ! What a lesson do these ...
... facts - soul and stomach , find expression in one and the same term . Moreover the Greek for mind-- PHREN - is ( what is remarkable for so introspective a race ) that which also expresses midriff or diaphragm ! What a lesson do these ...
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... fact but which , when opened up , is found to be the translation of some fact in nature . ' FERVOR ' simply means heat ; ' TRACTABLE , ' that may be drawn along ; ' ABUNDANCE ' images an overflowing cup and ' TRANS- GRESSION ' is the ...
... fact but which , when opened up , is found to be the translation of some fact in nature . ' FERVOR ' simply means heat ; ' TRACTABLE , ' that may be drawn along ; ' ABUNDANCE ' images an overflowing cup and ' TRANS- GRESSION ' is the ...
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... into English ' GROSSNESS , ' a fact of curious historic significance . † And see it used in this good sense throughout the whole of our old English literature . LIBEL - LEGEND - CATER . 47 Quince . Yea 46 IDEALISM OF WORDS .
... into English ' GROSSNESS , ' a fact of curious historic significance . † And see it used in this good sense throughout the whole of our old English literature . LIBEL - LEGEND - CATER . 47 Quince . Yea 46 IDEALISM OF WORDS .
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