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Page 23
... of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they painted the thunderbolt in the hand of Jove . I have seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of ...
... of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they painted the thunderbolt in the hand of Jove . I have seen a snow - drift along the sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of ...
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... 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 . The manners of that period are plain and fierce .
... 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 . The manners of that period are plain and fierce .
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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 a name for you Tantalus means ...
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 a name for you Tantalus means ...
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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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Do I not know that he is pledged to himself not to look but at one side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the emptiest affectation .
Do I not know that he is pledged to himself not to look but at one side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the emptiest affectation .
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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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