The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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Page 215
... less courage , that is of less constitution , will answer as the heroine Nivele - does , giving way to fate , to conventionalism BOOKS 215.
... less courage , that is of less constitution , will answer as the heroine Nivele - does , giving way to fate , to conventionalism BOOKS 215.
Page 287
... less tranquillity of mind , are less easily contented . The Saxon is taught from his infancy to wish to be first . The Norseman was a restless rider , fighter , free- booter . The ancient Norse ballads describe him as afflicted with ...
... less tranquillity of mind , are less easily contented . The Saxon is taught from his infancy to wish to be first . The Norseman was a restless rider , fighter , free- booter . The ancient Norse ballads describe him as afflicted with ...
Page 69
... less genius , and if ugliness had attracted him . In short , our English nature and genius has made us the worst critics of Goethe , " We , who speak the tongue That Shakspeare spake , the faith and manners hold Which Milton held . " 2 ...
... less genius , and if ugliness had attracted him . In short , our English nature and genius has made us the worst critics of Goethe , " We , who speak the tongue That Shakspeare spake , the faith and manners hold Which Milton held . " 2 ...
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Æschylus appears astronomy beauty Ben Jonson better called charm civil club Confucius conversation courage dæmons delight Demosthenes divine earth eloquence Emerson essay face fact feel force Gawain genius give Goethe Greece Hafiz hand hear heard heart heaven human imagination inspiration intel intellect Jotun journal king labor lecture live look Madame de Staël manners master Merlin mind moral nations Nature never Odoacer orator perception Persian persons Pindar Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry political RALPH WALDO EMERSON rhyme Saadi scholar sense sentence sentiment Shakspeare Simorg society Socrates song soul speak speech spirit talent things thou thought Timur tion true truth ture verse Viasa virtue voice whilst whole wise words write wrote young youth Zoroaster