 The senses respond to their objects; they grow exquisite to a degree you cannot well perceive in your northern climate; and beauty pressing in from without moulds the spirit and mind insensibly to harmony with herself. If in China we have manners, if...  Letters from John Chinaman - Sivu 20tekijä(t) Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1904 - 62 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1903 - 100 sivua
...to worship from the temples in the valley. Such silence ! Such sounds ! Such perfume ! Such color ! The senses respond to their objects; they grow exquisite...from their fathers, to transmit, enriched by their labors, to their sons. They have no other ambition ; they do not care to amass wealth ; and if in each... | |
 | 1904 - 632 sivua
...well-being. You, as always, are thinking of the means of living ; we, of the quality of the life lived. ***** For, consider, here in this lovely valley live thousands...custom, without any rule save that of their own hearths. ***** These are only a few tastes. The book is a small one, but it is full of suggestivness. We see... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - 1906 - 120 sivua
.... . . The senses respond to their objects; they grow exquisite to a degree you cannot well perceive in your northern climate; and beauty pressing in from...from their fathers, to transmit, enriched by their labors, to their sons. They have no other ambition ; they do not care to amass wealth ; and if in each... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - 1906 - 136 sivua
...your northern climate; and beauty pressing in from without moulds the spirit and mind insensibly [5] to harmony with herself. If in China we have manners,...from their fathers, to transmit, enriched by their labors, to their sons. They have no other ambition; they do not care to amass wealth; and if in each... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1906 - 96 sivua
...see, is not far to seek. { Nature has taught us; and so far, we are only tnore fortunate than youA But, also, we have had the grace to learn her lesson;...from their fathers, to transmit, enriched by their labors, to their sons. They have no other ambition ; they do not care to amass wealth ; and if in each... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - 1906 - 120 sivua
...themselves superior in philosophy, art or morality to the people of other lands. As for their living " without any law save that of custom, without any rule save that of their own hearth," this is a pleasant piece of imagination which would indicate that you have never read the... | |
 | 1905 - 1078 sivua
...morals, the reason, to those who can see, is not far to seek. Nature has taught us ; and so far we aro only more fortunate than you. But, also, we have had...fathers, to transmit, enriched by their labours, to their gone. . . . Healthy toil, sufficient leisure, frank hospitality, a content born of habit and undisturbed... | |
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