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Page 356
The office of painting and sculpture seems to be merely initial . The best pictures can easily tell us their last secret . The best pictures are rude draughts of a few of the miraculous dots and lines and dyes which make up the ...
The office of painting and sculpture seems to be merely initial . The best pictures can easily tell us their last secret . The best pictures are rude draughts of a few of the miraculous dots and lines and dyes which make up the ...
Page 362
It was not painted for them , it was painted for you ; for such as had eyes capable of being touched by simplicity and lofty emotions . Yet when we have said all our fine things about the arts , we must end with a frank confession that ...
It was not painted for them , it was painted for you ; for such as had eyes capable of being touched by simplicity and lofty emotions . Yet when we have said all our fine things about the arts , we must end with a frank confession that ...
Page 445
With the negative , " the dismal , or sceptical in painting or in writing he had no sympathy . Page 364 , note 1. This paragraph seems a strong instance of that quality of Mr. Emerson of stating aspects without qualification , against ...
With the negative , " the dismal , or sceptical in painting or in writing he had no sympathy . Page 364 , note 1. This paragraph seems a strong instance of that quality of Mr. Emerson of stating aspects without qualification , against ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series Volume 2 of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Editor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Contributor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2010 |
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