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Infinitely inferior to the moderns in the mechanical resources of the art, they had made, it appears, a far finer and closer analysis of its relation to emotional states; with the result that even in music, which we describe as the purest of the arts, congratulating ourselves on its absolute dissociation from all definite intellectual conceptions, -- even here the standard of the Greeks was as much ethical as aesthetic, and the style of music was distinguished and its value appraised, not only by the pleasure to be derived from it, but also by the effect it tended to produce on character.

The Greek View of Life 1897

a fair vision in purest white; seeing her husband's visitors, she hesitated.

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

"who saw life steadily and saw it whole," and Marcus Aurelius, whom he called the purest of men.

Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Matthew Arnold 1855

And the affection in both cases is what some moderns too have called the purest of human feelings, the love of a sister for a brother.

The Seven Plays in English Verse 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles

But she was not always an ancient beldam; some witches were known as the purest and fairest maidens of the village; some were ladies in high station; some were men.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

Well, Hank's enthusiasm and devotion were hardly of what you would call the purest type.

The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Ralph Connor 1898

God is an incomplex, most perfect Being; that is, the purest holiness, the purest good and truth; and in order to be in union with God, in order to be one spirit with Him (for we are from Him), we must acquire, through His grace, the most perfect simplicity of goodness, holiness, and love.

My Life in Christ, or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God 1829-1909 1897

Although belonging to a past generation, his story is presented here because I wish to offer to those who seek to follow him in his noble calling the purest and highest model our history affords.

Great Fortunes and How They Were Made McCabe, Jr James D 1887

Although belonging to a past generation, his story is presented here because I wish to offer to those who seek to follow him in his noble calling the purest and highest model our history affords.

Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made James Dabney McCabe 1862

Thomas Jefferson called the purest form of a republic -- if impracticable beyond a township -- in

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