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Page 17
I have seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously ' gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ourselves with the original circumstances , we invent anew the orders and ...
I have seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously ' gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ourselves with the original circumstances , we invent anew the orders and ...
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... sharply defined , and symmetrical features , whose eye - sockets are so formed that it would be impossible for such eyes to squint , and take furtive glances on this side and on that , but they must turn the whole head .
... sharply defined , and symmetrical features , whose eye - sockets are so formed that it would be impossible for such eyes to squint , and take furtive glances on this side and on that , but they must turn the whole head .
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And what see I on any side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but Tantalus means the ...
And what see I on any side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but Tantalus means the ...
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As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he could solve the riddle ...
As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he could solve the riddle ...
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They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have ...
They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have ...
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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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