The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 356
... 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 ever- changing " landscape with figures " amidst which we dwell . Painting seems to ...
... 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 ever- changing " landscape with figures " amidst which we dwell . Painting seems to ...
Page 357
... picture which nature paints in the street , with mov- ing men and children , beggars and fine ladies , draped in red and green and blue and gray ; long - haired , grizzled , white - faced , black - faced , wrinkled , giant , dwarf ...
... picture which nature paints in the street , with mov- ing men and children , beggars and fine ladies , draped in red and green and blue and gray ; long - haired , grizzled , white - faced , black - faced , wrinkled , giant , dwarf ...
Page 362
... pictures are . The Transfiguration , by Raphael , is an emi- nent example of this peculiar merit . A calm . benignant beauty shines over all this picture , and goes directly to the heart . It seems almost to call you by name . The sweet ...
... pictures are . The Transfiguration , by Raphael , is an emi- nent example of this peculiar merit . A calm . benignant beauty shines over all this picture , and goes directly to the heart . It seems almost to call you by name . The sweet ...
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