The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... heard the best - bred young men at the law - school talk together , he reckoned him- self a boor ; but whenever he caught them apart , and had one to himself alone , then they were the boors and he the better man . And if we recall the ...
... heard the best - bred young men at the law - school talk together , he reckoned him- self a boor ; but whenever he caught them apart , and had one to himself alone , then they were the boors and he the better man . And if we recall the ...
Page 73
... heard like a band of music passing through the streets , which converts all the passengers into poets , but is forgotten as soon as it has turned the next corner ; and unless this oiled tongue could , in 7 Oriental phrase , lick the sun ...
... heard like a band of music passing through the streets , which converts all the passengers into poets , but is forgotten as soon as it has turned the next corner ; and unless this oiled tongue could , in 7 Oriental phrase , lick the sun ...
Page 79
... heard , though they speak in a whisper , who , when they act , act effectually , and what they do is imitated ; and these examples may be found on very humble platforms as well as on high ones . - In old countries a high money value is ...
... heard , though they speak in a whisper , who , when they act , act effectually , and what they do is imitated ; and these examples may be found on very humble platforms as well as on high ones . - In old countries a high money value is ...
Page 80
... heard and respected . ' I know very well that among our cool and cal- culating people , where every man mounts guard over himself , where heats and panics and aban- donments are quite out of the system , there is a good deal of ...
... heard and respected . ' I know very well that among our cool and cal- culating people , where every man mounts guard over himself , where heats and panics and aban- donments are quite out of the system , there is a good deal of ...
Page 83
... heard it reported of an eloquent preacher , whose voice is not yet forgotten in this city , " that , on occasions of death or tragic disaster which overspread the congregation with gloom , he ascended the pulpit with more than his usual ...
... heard it reported of an eloquent preacher , whose voice is not yet forgotten in this city , " that , on occasions of death or tragic disaster which overspread the congregation with gloom , he ascended the pulpit with more than his usual ...
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