Essays, First Series |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 9
... and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline .
... and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline .
Page 11
... and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline .
... and as crabs , goats , scorpions , the balance and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline .
Page 14
He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the government of the ...
He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit solidly at home , and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires , but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the government of the ...
Page 16
... and measures in the mummy - pits and pyramids of Thebes until he can see the end of the difference between the monstrous work and himself . When he has satisfied himself , in general and in detail , that it was made by such a person ...
... and measures in the mummy - pits and pyramids of Thebes until he can see the end of the difference between the monstrous work and himself . When he has satisfied himself , in general and in detail , that it was made by such a person ...
Page 19
We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed ...
We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action already appear beauty becomes believe better body cause character child comes common conversation divine earth effect element eternal evil exists experience face fact falls fear feel fire force friendship genius give hand head hear heart hope hour human individual intellect knowledge leave less light live look lose man's manner mean meet mind names nature never night noble object once organs particular pass past perception perfect persons poet present prudence reason relations seek seems seen sense sentiment side society soul speak spirit stand star sweet teach things thou thought tion true truth universal virtue walk whilst whole wisdom wise write young youth
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |