 He who knows the most ; he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments, — is the rich and royal man.  Skyline Promenades: A Potpourri - Page 49by Brooks Atkinson - 1925 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...longer live without elegance : but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...longer live without elegance : but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1853 - 292 pages
...longer live without elegance ; but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 286 pages
...longer live without elegance : but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who knows what ' sweets and virtues are in the...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | 1912 - 412 pages
...Waldo Emerson Did He said you can attain to royalty by loving sweets. "He who knows what SWEETS .... are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man." " HOW to come at these ?" Aye, there's the rub. How many people miss them ! and perhaps some of these... | |
 | Christian Nestell Bovee - 1862 - 258 pages
...longer live without elegance; but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in Nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1898 - 604 pages
...not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object. * * * He who knows the most, he who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man." We may well conclude with Olf Gerard's enthusiastic charge: "ForwardI in the name of God. Graft, set,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...without elegance : but a countryman shall be my master of revels. He who knows the most, he who Icnows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the waters,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1895 - 468 pages
...of magnitude and by his manners equal the majesty of the world. And he who knows what sweets there are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens,...at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man, and only by calling in nature to his aid can he reach the height." — Emerson says, of godliness,... | |
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