 Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year...  Essays - Page 86by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright 45, 46. What else has the civilized man lost besides endurance ? What has he gained ? Which is better,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so, being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky.' — Essay ii., pp. 85, 86. Bring back, say we, the magicians, astrologers, alchymists, and scribes... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...by the sun. A Greenwich uautical almanac he has, and so, being sure of the information when he want* it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky.' — Essay ii., pp. 85, 86. Bring back, say we, the magicians, astrologers, alchymists, and scribes... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and1 the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impair his... | |
 | 1851 - 650 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so, being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky." " His note-books impair his memory ; and it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nsuticsl almanac he has, and so being sure of the -hfomation when he wants it, the man in the street does not know...does not observe : the equinox he knows as little ; aid the whole bright calendar of the y ear is without a dial in his mind. His note-books irepair... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...EMERSON. the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he docs not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without... | |
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