The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 55
... face and figure , and acquire by de- grees the gentlest asinine expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular , which does . not fail to wreak itself also in the general his- tory ; I mean " the foolish face of praise ...
... face and figure , and acquire by de- grees the gentlest asinine expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular , which does . not fail to wreak itself also in the general his- tory ; I mean " the foolish face of praise ...
Page 56
... face . The by - standers look askance on him in the public street or in the friend's parlor . If this aversion had its ori- gin in contempt and resistance like his own he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of ...
... face . The by - standers look askance on him in the public street or in the friend's parlor . If this aversion had its ori- gin in contempt and resistance like his own he might well go home with a sad countenance ; but the sour faces of ...
Page 285
... face to face , accuser and accused , men offer themselves to be judged . Against their will they exhibit those decisive trifles by which character is read . But THE OVER - SOUL 285.
... face to face , accuser and accused , men offer themselves to be judged . Against their will they exhibit those decisive trifles by which character is read . But THE OVER - SOUL 285.
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