The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contribu- tor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I sup- pose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to Europe , when I was ill and was advised to travel , it was ...
... Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contribu- tor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I sup- pose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to Europe , when I was ill and was advised to travel , it was ...
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... Wordsworth , Byron , Massinger , Beaumont and Fletcher . To be sure , he is decided in his opinions , likes to surprise , and is well content to impress , if pos- sible , his English whim upon the immutable past . No great man ever had ...
... Wordsworth , Byron , Massinger , Beaumont and Fletcher . To be sure , he is decided in his opinions , likes to surprise , and is well content to impress , if pos- sible , his English whim upon the immutable past . No great man ever had ...
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... Wordsworth's country . There we sat down and talked of the immortality of the soul . It was not Carlyle's fault that we talked on that topic , for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls ...
... Wordsworth's country . There we sat down and talked of the immortality of the soul . It was not Carlyle's fault that we talked on that topic , for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls ...
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... Wordsworth . His daughters called in their father , a plain , elderly , white - haired man , not prepossessing , and dis- figured by green goggles . He sat down , and talked with great simplicity . He had just re- turned from a journey ...
... Wordsworth . His daughters called in their father , a plain , elderly , white - haired man , not prepossessing , and dis- figured by green goggles . He sat down , and talked with great simplicity . He had just re- turned from a journey ...
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... " Cave of Music ; " the first to the circumstance of its being visited by the promiscuous company of the steamboat . This recitation was so unlooked for and sur- - prising , he , the old Wordsworth , standing 22 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... " Cave of Music ; " the first to the circumstance of its being visited by the promiscuous company of the steamboat . This recitation was so unlooked for and sur- - prising , he , the old Wordsworth , standing 22 ENGLISH TRAITS.
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