The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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Page 121
... learned from the mode of life and manners of the later Romans , as described to us in the letters of the younger Pliny . Nor can I resist the temptation of quoting so trite an instance as the noble housekeeping of Lord Falk- land in ...
... learned from the mode of life and manners of the later Romans , as described to us in the letters of the younger Pliny . Nor can I resist the temptation of quoting so trite an instance as the noble housekeeping of Lord Falk- land in ...
Page 129
... learned the lesson of life who is skilful in the ethics of friendship . Beyond its primary ends of the conjugal , parental and amicable relations , the household should cherish the beautiful arts and the senti- ment of veneration . 1 ...
... learned the lesson of life who is skilful in the ethics of friendship . Beyond its primary ends of the conjugal , parental and amicable relations , the household should cherish the beautiful arts and the senti- ment of veneration . 1 ...
Page 197
... learned uproar of centuries , has really the true fire and is good for simple minds , is the true and adequate germ of Greece , and occupies that place as history which nothing can supply . It holds through all literature that our best ...
... learned uproar of centuries , has really the true fire and is good for simple minds , is the true and adequate germ of Greece , and occupies that place as history which nothing can supply . It holds through all literature that our best ...
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