The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... eyes , Which chose . like meteors , their way , And rived the dark with private ray : They overleapt the horizon's edge , Searched with Apollo's privilege ; Through man , and woman , and sea , and star Saw the dance of nature forward ...
... eyes , Which chose . like meteors , their way , And rived the dark with private ray : They overleapt the horizon's edge , Searched with Apollo's privilege ; Through man , and woman , and sea , and star Saw the dance of nature forward ...
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... to the consideration of the nature and functions of the Poet , or the man of Beauty ; to the means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the problem is great , for 4 THE POET.
... to the consideration of the nature and functions of the Poet , or the man of Beauty ; to the means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the problem is great , for 4 THE POET.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. eye The breadth of the problem is great , for the poet is representative . He stands among partial men for the complete man , and apprises us not of his wealth , but of the common wealth . The ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. eye The breadth of the problem is great , for the poet is representative . He stands among partial men for the complete man , and apprises us not of his wealth , but of the common wealth . The ...
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... eye . In the old mythology , mytho- logists observe , defects are ascribed to divine natures , as lameness to Vulcan , blindness to Cupid , and the like , to signify exuberances . - For as it is dislocation and detachment from the life ...
... eye . In the old mythology , mytho- logists observe , defects are ascribed to divine natures , as lameness to Vulcan , blindness to Cupid , and the like , to signify exuberances . - For as it is dislocation and detachment from the life ...
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... eyes and a tongue into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to see ...
... eyes and a tongue into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the accidency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to see ...
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