Works, Volume 23D. Estes, 1989 |
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Page 228
... Perhaps in describing mountains with any effort to give some idea of their sublime forms , no expression comes oftener to the lips than the word " peak . " And yet it is curious how rarely , even among the grandest ranges , an instance ...
... Perhaps in describing mountains with any effort to give some idea of their sublime forms , no expression comes oftener to the lips than the word " peak . " And yet it is curious how rarely , even among the grandest ranges , an instance ...
Page 328
... perhaps , here ask why , if both the straight and curved lines are necessary , one should be con- sidered more beautiful than the other . Exactly as we consider light beautiful and darkness ugly , in the abstract , though both are ...
... perhaps , here ask why , if both the straight and curved lines are necessary , one should be con- sidered more beautiful than the other . Exactly as we consider light beautiful and darkness ugly , in the abstract , though both are ...
Page 398
... perhaps may one day be surprised to find that what the wise and charitable European pub- lic gave to one night's ... perhaps the other sums may also have been exagger- § 7. " Nay , " perhaps the reader answers 398 THE MOUNTAIN GLOOM .
... perhaps may one day be surprised to find that what the wise and charitable European pub- lic gave to one night's ... perhaps the other sums may also have been exagger- § 7. " Nay , " perhaps the reader answers 398 THE MOUNTAIN GLOOM .
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