Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... never the same. She casts the same thought into troops of forms, as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral. Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into ...
... never the same. She casts the same thought into troops of forms, as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral. Through the bruteness and toughness of matter, a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will. The adamant streams into ...
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... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every ...
... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in discourse . He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every ...
Page 18
... never the same . She casts the same thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adaand whilst I ...
... never the same . She casts the same thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adaand whilst I ...
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... never does it quite deny itself . In man we still trace the remains or hints of all that we esteem badges of servitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Eschylus , transformed to a cow ...
... never does it quite deny itself . In man we still trace the remains or hints of all that we esteem badges of servitude in the lower races ; yet in him they enhance his nobleness and grace ; as Io , in Eschylus , transformed to a cow ...
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... never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus of the genius ...
... never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in convulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus of the genius ...
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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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