Pearls of ThoughtHoughton, Mifflin, 1881 - 284 sider |
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Side 3
... Heine . - Actors . Players , sir ! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter , like dan- cing dogs . But , sir , you will allow that some players are better than ...
... Heine . - Actors . Players , sir ! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter , like dan- cing dogs . But , sir , you will allow that some players are better than ...
Side 10
... Heine . Ere long , thine every stream shall find a tongue , land of the many waters . — Hoffman . America is rising with a giant's strength . Its bones are yet but cartilages . — Fisher Ames . - -- Amusement . Amusement is the waking ...
... Heine . Ere long , thine every stream shall find a tongue , land of the many waters . — Hoffman . America is rising with a giant's strength . Its bones are yet but cartilages . — Fisher Ames . - -- Amusement . Amusement is the waking ...
Side 20
... Heine . Strange thing art , especially music . Out of an art a man may be so trivial you would mistake him for an imbecile , at best a grown infant . Put him into his art , and how high he soars above you ! How quietly he enters into a ...
... Heine . Strange thing art , especially music . Out of an art a man may be so trivial you would mistake him for an imbecile , at best a grown infant . Put him into his art , and how high he soars above you ! How quietly he enters into a ...
Side 21
... Heine . There is no sorrow I have thought more about than that- to love what is great , and try to reach it , and yet to fail . — George Eliot . The heart is a small thing , but desireth great mat- ters . It is not sufficient for a ...
... Heine . There is no sorrow I have thought more about than that- to love what is great , and try to reach it , and yet to fail . — George Eliot . The heart is a small thing , but desireth great mat- ters . It is not sufficient for a ...
Side 33
... Heine . According to the security you offer to her , Fort- une makes her loans easy or ruinous . - Bulwer - Lyt- ton . Bravery . True bravery is shown by perform- ing without witnesses what one might be capable of doing before all the ...
... Heine . According to the security you offer to her , Fort- une makes her loans easy or ruinous . - Bulwer - Lyt- ton . Bravery . True bravery is shown by perform- ing without witnesses what one might be capable of doing before all the ...
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