The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... form of a cherub as painted over churches , a round block in the centre , which it was easy to animate with eyes and mouth , supported on either side by wide- stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere 18 HISTORY.
... form of a cherub as painted over churches , a round block in the centre , which it was easy to animate with eyes and mouth , supported on either side by wide- stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere 18 HISTORY.
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... make me feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have de- scribed that goddess , in a robe painted all over ― - his with wonderful events and experiences ; own 38 HISTORY.
... make me feel what periods you have lived . A man shall be the Temple of Fame . He shall walk , as the poets have de- scribed that goddess , in a robe painted all over ― - his with wonderful events and experiences ; own 38 HISTORY.
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... 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 con- fession that the arts ...
... 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 con- fession that the arts ...
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