The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They receive of the soul as he also receives , but they more . Nature enhances her beauty , to the of loving men , from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time ...
... speak truly , they are more himself than he is . They receive of the soul as he also receives , but they more . Nature enhances her beauty , to the of loving men , from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time ...
Page 8
... of news , for he was present and privy to the appearance which he describes . He is a beholder of ideas and an utterer of the necessary and causal . For we do not speak now of men of poetical talents , or of industry and B THE POET.
... of news , for he was present and privy to the appearance which he describes . He is a beholder of ideas and an utterer of the necessary and causal . For we do not speak now of men of poetical talents , or of industry and B THE POET.
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... speak in Parliament . The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought . Why covet a knowledge of new facts ? Day and night , house and garden , a few books , a few actions , serve us . as well as would ...
... speak in Parliament . The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought . Why covet a knowledge of new facts ? Day and night , house and garden , a few books , a few actions , serve us . as well as would ...
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... speak for thee . Others shall be thy gentlemen and shall represent all courtesy and worldly life for thee ; others shall do the great and resounding actions also . Thou shalt lie close hid with nature , and canst not be afforded to the ...
... speak for thee . Others shall be thy gentlemen and shall represent all courtesy and worldly life for thee ; others shall do the great and resounding actions also . Thou shalt lie close hid with nature , and canst not be afforded to the ...
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... speak her very sense when they say , " Children , eat your victuals , and say no more of it . " To fill the hour , - that is happiness ; to fill the hour and leave no crev- ice for a repentance or an approval . We live amid surfaces ...
... speak her very sense when they say , " Children , eat your victuals , and say no more of it . " To fill the hour , - that is happiness ; to fill the hour and leave no crev- ice for a repentance or an approval . We live amid surfaces ...
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