Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 162
... eye is that an order and method has been communicated to stones , so that they speak and geometrise , become tender or sublime with expression . Beauty is the moment of transition , as if the form were just ready to flow into other ...
... eye is that an order and method has been communicated to stones , so that they speak and geometrise , become tender or sublime with expression . Beauty is the moment of transition , as if the form were just ready to flow into other ...
Page 164
... eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long . Women stand related to beautiful Nature around us , and the enamoured youth mixes their form with moon and stars , with woods and waters , and the pomp of summer . They heal us of ...
... eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long . Women stand related to beautiful Nature around us , and the enamoured youth mixes their form with moon and stars , with woods and waters , and the pomp of summer . They heal us of ...
Page 177
... eyes , and a tongue , into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the acct- dency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to ...
... eyes , and a tongue , into every dumb and inanimate object . He perceives the independence of the thought on the symbol , the stability of the thought , the acct- dency and fugacity of the symbol . As the eyes of Lyncæus were said to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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