Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Dec” in chapter 4, page 1294 of Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli:
...rtist with life, and dip the brush in one's own heart's blood.
One would fain be no more artist, or philosopher, or lover, or critic, but a soul ever rushing forth in tides of genial life.
26 Dec ., 1842.—I have been reading the lives of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and of Sir Kenelm Digby.
These splendid, chivalrous, and thoughtful Englishmen are
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