The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... King of England would consult his dignity by giving audience to foreign ambassadors in the cabin of a man - of- war . And I think the white path of an Atlantic ship the right avenue to the palace front of this seafaring people , who for ...
... King of England would consult his dignity by giving audience to foreign ambassadors in the cabin of a man - of- war . And I think the white path of an Atlantic ship the right avenue to the palace front of this seafaring people , who for ...
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... King Alfred , and Roger Bacon , William of Wykeham , Walter Raleigh , Philip Sidney , Isaac Newton , William Shakspeare , George Chapman , Francis Bacon , George Herbert , Henry Vane , to exist here ? What made these delicate na- tures ...
... King Alfred , and Roger Bacon , William of Wykeham , Walter Raleigh , Philip Sidney , Isaac Newton , William Shakspeare , George Chapman , Francis Bacon , George Herbert , Henry Vane , to exist here ? What made these delicate na- tures ...
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... the retreat . As soon as the shores are sufficiently peopled to make piracy a losing business , the same skill and courage are ready for the service of trade . The Heimskringla , ' or Sagas of the Kings of 56 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... the retreat . As soon as the shores are sufficiently peopled to make piracy a losing business , the same skill and courage are ready for the service of trade . The Heimskringla , ' or Sagas of the Kings of 56 ENGLISH TRAITS.
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... king , but the actors are bonders or landholders , every one of whom is named and personally and pat- ronymically described , as the king's friend and companion . A sparse population gives this high worth to every man . Individuals are ...
... king , but the actors are bonders or landholders , every one of whom is named and personally and pat- ronymically described , as the king's friend and companion . A sparse population gives this high worth to every man . Individuals are ...
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... king among these farmers has a varying power , sometimes not exceeding the authority of a sheriff . A king was maintained , much as in some of our country districts a winter - schoolmaster is quartered , a week here , a week there , and ...
... king among these farmers has a varying power , sometimes not exceeding the authority of a sheriff . A king was maintained , much as in some of our country districts a winter - schoolmaster is quartered , a week here , a week there , and ...
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American Arthur Hugh Clough beauty better Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich British Carlyle Causes Célèbres character Chartist church culture Duke Emerson wrote England English English Traits Englishman essay eyes Fate force French genius give Goethe heart Heimskringla Horatio Greenough horse human hundred illusion intellect John Sterling journal King labor land learned lecture limp band live London look Lord manners means mind moral nation nature never noble persons plant Plato Plutarch Poems poet poetry politics poor race RALPH WALDO EMERSON religion rich Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret sense Shakspeare society soul speak spirit Stonehenge talent things thou thought tion trade traits truth universe verse wealth whilst wise Wordsworth writes youth