 detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bard and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 664 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre oí the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty, (rreat works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre oí the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majeaty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 574 pages
...firmament of bards and sages. , Yet hexlismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.-^Tniev^ry work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ^Great works of ¿irt have no more affecting lesson for us than tms. They teach... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 pages
...the fact "—John Stuart Mill. A pause is used at a period, to mark the completion of sense; as, " In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. . . . "— Emerson. A long pause—several times the usual length of that at a period—is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of tlie firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without...rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1878 - 408 pages
...itself the fact "—John Stuart Mill. A pause is used at a period, to mark the completion of sense ; as, "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. . . . "— Emerson. A long pause—several times the usual length of that at a period... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 356 pages
...within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without noticehis thought, because it is his. In every work of genius...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 618 pages
...within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without noticehis thought, because it is his. In every work of genius...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 360 pages
...within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without noticehis thought, because it is his. In every work of genius...rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
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