The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик - 1041 pages |
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Page 11
... truth they cover. The mind, penetrated with its sentiment or its thought, projects it outward on whatever it beholds. The lover sees reminders of his mistress in every beautiful object; the saint, an argument for devotion in every ...
... truth they cover. The mind, penetrated with its sentiment or its thought, projects it outward on whatever it beholds. The lover sees reminders of his mistress in every beautiful object; the saint, an argument for devotion in every ...
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... truth, — “ As o'er our heads the seasons roll, And soothe with change {frag/1'1! the soul " ?' Of 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 ...
... truth, — “ As o'er our heads the seasons roll, And soothe with change {frag/1'1! the soul " ?' Of 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 ...
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... men of the world will invariably dispute such an application, as romantic and dangerous: they admit the general truth, but they and their affair always constitute a case in bar of the statute. F rertrade,. VERACITY. 31.
... men of the world will invariably dispute such an application, as romantic and dangerous: they admit the general truth, but they and their affair always constitute a case in bar of the statute. F rertrade,. VERACITY. 31.
Page 33
... truth. That provides him with the best word. Great design belongs to a poem, and is better than any skill of execution,— but how rare ! I find it in the poems of Wordsworth, -—Laodamia, and the Ode to Dion, and the plan of The Recluse ...
... truth. That provides him with the best word. Great design belongs to a poem, and is better than any skill of execution,— but how rare ! I find it in the poems of Wordsworth, -—Laodamia, and the Ode to Dion, and the plan of The Recluse ...
Page 51
... music, shares this advantage with music, that it has a privilege of speaking truth which all Philistia is unable to challenge. Music is the poor man's Parnassus. With the first note of the flute or born, or MELODY, RHYME, FORM 51.
... music, shares this advantage with music, that it has a privilege of speaking truth which all Philistia is unable to challenge. Music is the poor man's Parnassus. With the first note of the flute or born, or MELODY, RHYME, FORM 51.
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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