Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 82
... comes to the lowly and simple ; it comes to whomsoever will put off what is foreign and proud ; it comes as insight ; it comes as serenity and grandeur . When we see those whom it inhabits , we are apprised of new degrees of greatness ...
... comes to the lowly and simple ; it comes to whomsoever will put off what is foreign and proud ; it comes as insight ; it comes as serenity and grandeur . When we see those whom it inhabits , we are apprised of new degrees of greatness ...
Page 223
... come , I would give it entertainment . It should , as it ought , go into my hands and feet ; but if it come not spontaneously , it comes not rightly at all . If it can spare me , I am sure I can spare it . It shall be the same with my ...
... come , I would give it entertainment . It should , as it ought , go into my hands and feet ; but if it come not spontaneously , it comes not rightly at all . If it can spare me , I am sure I can spare it . It shall be the same with my ...
Page 248
... comes up the beach far higher than any foregoing one , and recedes ; and for a long while none comes up to that mark ; but after some time the whole sea is there and beyond it . But we are not permitted to stand as spectators of the ...
... comes up the beach far higher than any foregoing one , and recedes ; and for a long while none comes up to that mark ; but after some time the whole sea is there and beyond it . But we are not permitted to stand as spectators of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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