The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... poem , guillotine the last but one ? " He added many lively remarks , but his evident earnestness en- gaged my attention , and in the weeks that fol- lowed we became better acquainted . He had good abilities , a genial temper and no ...
... poem , guillotine the last but one ? " He added many lively remarks , but his evident earnestness en- gaged my attention , and in the weeks that fol- lowed we became better acquainted . He had good abilities , a genial temper and no ...
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... poem , we find that these have not a quite simple , but a blended origin . We find that the question , What is Art ? leads us directly to another , Who is the Artist ? And the solu- tion of this is the key to the history of Art . I ...
... poem , we find that these have not a quite simple , but a blended origin . We find that the question , What is Art ? leads us directly to another , Who is the Artist ? And the solu- tion of this is the key to the history of Art . I ...
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... poem or harangue ! -whatever is national or usual ; as the usage of building all Roman churches in the form of a cross , the prescribed distribution of parts of a theatre , the custom of draping a statue in classical costume . Yet who ...
... poem or harangue ! -whatever is national or usual ; as the usage of building all Roman churches in the form of a cross , the prescribed distribution of parts of a theatre , the custom of draping a statue in classical costume . Yet who ...
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... poem . It is a curious proof of our conviction that the artist does not feel himself to be the parent of his work , and is as much surprised at the effect as we , that we are so unwilling to impute our best sense of any work of art to ...
... poem . It is a curious proof of our conviction that the artist does not feel himself to be the parent of his work , and is as much surprised at the effect as we , that we are so unwilling to impute our best sense of any work of art to ...
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... poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing the husbandman at the rising of what constellation he might safely sow , when to reap , when to gather wood , when the sailor might ...
... poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing the husbandman at the rising of what constellation he might safely sow , when to reap , when to gather wood , when the sailor might ...
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