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vitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Æschylus , transformed to a cow , offends the imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets OsirisJove , a beautiful woman ...
vitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Æschylus , transformed to a cow , offends the imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets OsirisJove , a beautiful woman ...
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The beautiful fables of the Greeks , being proper creations of the imagination and not of the fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prometheus ! Beside its primary value ...
The beautiful fables of the Greeks , being proper creations of the imagination and not of the fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prometheus ! Beside its primary value ...
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Much revolving them , he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of ...
Much revolving them , he writes out freely his humor , and gives them body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of ...
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What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advancing actor .
What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advancing actor .
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In history , our imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum ...
In history , our imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2019 |
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