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The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and indeed of all the old literature , is , that the persons speak simply , — speak as persons who have great good sense without knowing it , before yet the reflective habit has become the ...
The costly charm of the ancient tragedy , and indeed of all the old literature , is , that the persons speak simply , — speak as persons who have great good sense without knowing it , before yet the reflective habit has become the ...
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... that the fairies do not like to be named ; that their gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne .
... that the fairies do not like to be named ; that their gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true in Concord , however they might be in Cornwall or Bretagne .
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Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how ...
Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold , then , he will know how ...
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I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last ...
I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last ...
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Speak what you think now in hard words , and to - morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict every thing you said to - day . -'Ah , so you . shall be sure to be misunderstood .
Speak what you think now in hard words , and to - morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict every thing you said to - day . -'Ah , so you . shall be sure to be misunderstood .
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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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