The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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Page 37
... illusion to the dimensions of an empire . Add South Carolina , and you have more than an equivalent for the area of Scotland . The innumerable details , the crowded succession of towns , cities , cathedrals , castles and great and ...
... illusion to the dimensions of an empire . Add South Carolina , and you have more than an equivalent for the area of Scotland . The innumerable details , the crowded succession of towns , cities , cathedrals , castles and great and ...
Page 61
... illusion of antiquity and wealth , that decent and dignified men now existing boast their descent from these filthy thieves , who showed a far juster conviction of their own merits , by assuming for their types the swine , goat , jackal ...
... illusion of antiquity and wealth , that decent and dignified men now existing boast their descent from these filthy thieves , who showed a far juster conviction of their own merits , by assuming for their types the swine , goat , jackal ...
Page 197
... illusion left , " said Sidney Smith , " but the Archbishop of Canterbury . " " The lawyers , " said Burke , " are only birds of passage in this House of Commons , " and then added , with a new figure , " they have their best bower ...
... illusion left , " said Sidney Smith , " but the Archbishop of Canterbury . " " The lawyers , " said Burke , " are only birds of passage in this House of Commons , " and then added , with a new figure , " they have their best bower ...
Page 385
... illusions . And there is in the book an admission , too , which seems somewhat new in literature , akin to Froude's Formula in the Nemesis , that Moral deterioration follows on a diminished exchequer ; ' and State Street thinks it is ...
... illusions . And there is in the book an admission , too , which seems somewhat new in literature , akin to Froude's Formula in the Nemesis , that Moral deterioration follows on a diminished exchequer ; ' and State Street thinks it is ...
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... CONTENTS I. FATE II . POWER III . WEALTH IV . CULTURE V. BEHAVIOR PAGE I 51 83 129 167 VI . WORSHIP 199 VII . CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY 243 VIII . BEAUTY 279 IX . ILLUSIONS 307 NOTES 227 FATE DELICATE Omens traced in air , Tc the lone.
... CONTENTS I. FATE II . POWER III . WEALTH IV . CULTURE V. BEHAVIOR PAGE I 51 83 129 167 VI . WORSHIP 199 VII . CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY 243 VIII . BEAUTY 279 IX . ILLUSIONS 307 NOTES 227 FATE DELICATE Omens traced in air , Tc the lone.
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