Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 174
... heaven , that man shall never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the life of exaggerations as before , and have lost my faith in the possibility of any guide who can lead me thither where I would be . 66 But ...
... heaven , that man shall never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the life of exaggerations as before , and have lost my faith in the possibility of any guide who can lead me thither where I would be . 66 But ...
Page 209
... heaven and earth in the picture of Dido : " She was so fair , So young , so lusty , with her eyen glad , That if that God that heaven and earthe made Would have a love for beauty and goodness , And womanhede , truth , and seemliness ...
... heaven and earth in the picture of Dido : " She was so fair , So young , so lusty , with her eyen glad , That if that God that heaven and earthe made Would have a love for beauty and goodness , And womanhede , truth , and seemliness ...
Page 230
... heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor . " Shall I say , then , it were truer to see Necessity calm , beauti- ful , passionless , without a smile , covered with ensigns of woe , stretching her dark ...
... heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor . " Shall I say , then , it were truer to see Necessity calm , beauti- ful , passionless , without a smile , covered with ensigns of woe , stretching her dark ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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