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I remem . ber that being abroad one summer day , my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as painted over churches ...
I remem . ber that being abroad one summer day , my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as painted over churches ...
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The lover cannot paint his maiden to his fancy poor and solitary . Like a tree in flower , so much soft , budding , informing loveliness is society for itself , and she teaches his eye why Beauty was ever painted with Loves and Graces ...
The lover cannot paint his maiden to his fancy poor and solitary . Like a tree in flower , so much soft , budding , informing loveliness is society for itself , and she teaches his eye why Beauty was ever painted with Loves and Graces ...
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ture , and yet again when I came to Rome , and to the paintings of Raphael , Angelo , Sacchi , Titian , and Leonardo da Vinci . " What old mole ! work . est thou in the earth so fast ? It had travelled by my side ; that which I fancied ...
ture , and yet again when I came to Rome , and to the paintings of Raphael , Angelo , Sacchi , Titian , and Leonardo da Vinci . " What old mole ! work . est thou in the earth so fast ? It had travelled by my side ; that which I fancied ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Complete works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | H. Altemus, 1923 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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