The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик - 1041 pages |
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Page xi
... course he was constantly consulted, and he would sometimes, upon urging, supply a needed word or sentence, but he was quite content to do as little as possible, and desired to leave everything in my hands. This will appear to be of the ...
... course he was constantly consulted, and he would sometimes, upon urging, supply a needed word or sentence, but he was quite content to do as little as possible, and desired to leave everything in my hands. This will appear to be of the ...
Page 26
... course, when we describe man as poet, and credit him with the triumphs of the art, we speak of the potential or ideal man,—not found now in any one person. You must go through a city or a nation, and find one faculty here, one there, to ...
... course, when we describe man as poet, and credit him with the triumphs of the art, we speak of the potential or ideal man,—not found now in any one person. You must go through a city or a nation, and find one faculty here, one there, to ...
Page 31
... course one draws the bow with his fingers and the other with the strength ofhis body ; one speaks with his lips and the other with a chest voice. Talent amuses, but if your verse has not a necessary and autobiographic basis, though ...
... course one draws the bow with his fingers and the other with the strength ofhis body ; one speaks with his lips and the other with a chest voice. Talent amuses, but if your verse has not a necessary and autobiographic basis, though ...
Page 32
... course, we know what you say, that legends are found in all tribes, — but this legend is different. And so throughout; the poet aflirms the laws, prose busies itself with exceptions, — with the local and individual. I require that the ...
... course, we know what you say, that legends are found in all tribes, — but this legend is different. And so throughout; the poet aflirms the laws, prose busies itself with exceptions, — with the local and individual. I require that the ...
Page 48
... course rhyme soars and refines with the growth of the mind. The boy liked the drum, the people liked an overpoweringjewsharp tune. Later they like to transfer that rhyme to life, and to detect a melody as prompt and perfect in their ...
... course rhyme soars and refines with the growth of the mind. The boy liked the drum, the people liked an overpoweringjewsharp tune. Later they like to transfer that rhyme to life, and to detect a melody as prompt and perfect in their ...
Contents
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ELOQUENCE | 118 |
RESOURCES | 137 |
THE COMIC | 172 |
PROGRESS OF CULTURE | 205 |
PERSIAN POETRY | 235 |
IMMORTALITY | 321 |
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Volume 8 Ralph Waldo Emerson,Edward Waldo Emerson,Riverside Press No preview available - 2016 |
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