Essays and remains, ed. with a mem. by R. Vaughan, Том 2 |
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... kind of ecclesiastical antique , - now breathing out some pensive imagination— ' To the Dorian mood Of flutes , and soft recorder , ' — and now again rising into grandeur , coloured by the many - slanting hues of his cathedral window ...
... kind of ecclesiastical antique , - now breathing out some pensive imagination— ' To the Dorian mood Of flutes , and soft recorder , ' — and now again rising into grandeur , coloured by the many - slanting hues of his cathedral window ...
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... kind which results from the consecration of great gifts to a great purpose . His convictions are strong , his aim is worthy . He is not one of the many clever men of our time whose acuteness and whose talents are rendered almost futile ...
... kind which results from the consecration of great gifts to a great purpose . His convictions are strong , his aim is worthy . He is not one of the many clever men of our time whose acuteness and whose talents are rendered almost futile ...
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... kind of Christian Orpheus - a writer of mystical hymns that read like a rhapsodical strain from Apuleius intermingled with echoes from the psalter . He accepts a Christian episcopate , but he cannot repudiate the lessons of Pappus 16 ...
... kind of Christian Orpheus - a writer of mystical hymns that read like a rhapsodical strain from Apuleius intermingled with echoes from the psalter . He accepts a Christian episcopate , but he cannot repudiate the lessons of Pappus 16 ...
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... kind heart often gets the better of philosophic pride , and he has much more of the Christian in him than the name . Such was the position of the historical Synesius in the con- troversy between philosophy and faith , and the Synesius ...
... kind heart often gets the better of philosophic pride , and he has much more of the Christian in him than the name . Such was the position of the historical Synesius in the con- troversy between philosophy and faith , and the Synesius ...
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... kind of intellectual ingenuity with constant employment . This chase after hidden meanings is as illimitable as it is worthless . The idea which presided at the foundation of Alexandria was the establishment of a great Hellenic empire ...
... kind of intellectual ingenuity with constant employment . This chase after hidden meanings is as illimitable as it is worthless . The idea which presided at the foundation of Alexandria was the establishment of a great Hellenic empire ...
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