Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... in the most unexpected quarters . I have seen the head of an old sachem of the forest which at once reminded the of a bald mouneye the strata of the rock . There are men whose tain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested 20 HISTORY .
... in the most unexpected quarters . I have seen the head of an old sachem of the forest which at once reminded the of a bald mouneye the strata of the rock . There are men whose tain summit , and the furrows of the brow suggested 20 HISTORY .
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... head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury and elegance are ...
... head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities ; courage , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury and elegance are ...
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... head and hands . 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 ...
... head and hands . 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 ...
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... head of her who is faithful , and fade on the brow of the inconstant . In the story of the Boy and the Mantle even a mature riddle , the Sphinx was slain . What is our reader may be surprised with a glow of virtuous HISTORY . 37.
... head of her who is faithful , and fade on the brow of the inconstant . In the story of the Boy and the Mantle even a mature riddle , the Sphinx was slain . What is our reader may be surprised with a glow of virtuous HISTORY . 37.
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... head of her who is faithful , and fade on the brow of the inconstant . In the story of the Boy and the Mantle even a mature - - pleasure at the triumph of the gentle Genelas ; reader may be surprised with a glow of virtuous HISTORY . 37.
... head of her who is faithful , and fade on the brow of the inconstant . In the story of the Boy and the Mantle even a mature - - pleasure at the triumph of the gentle Genelas ; reader may be surprised with a glow of virtuous HISTORY . 37.
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | John B. Alden, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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