The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... live with people who can give an inside to the world ; without reflecting that they are prisoners , too , of their own thought , and cannot apply themselves to yours . The conditions of literary success are almost destructive of the ...
... live with people who can give an inside to the world ; without reflecting that they are prisoners , too , of their own thought , and cannot apply themselves to yours . The conditions of literary success are almost destructive of the ...
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... lives . The short- est sea - line from Boston to Liverpool is 2850 miles . This a steamer keeps , and saves 150 miles . A sailing ship can never go in a shorter line than 3000 , and usually it is much longer . Our good master keeps his ...
... lives . The short- est sea - line from Boston to Liverpool is 2850 miles . This a steamer keeps , and saves 150 miles . A sailing ship can never go in a shorter line than 3000 , and usually it is much longer . Our good master keeps his ...
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... live jolly in the open air , putting a bar of solid sleep between day and day . ' They walk and ride as fast as they can , their head bent for- ward , as if urged on some pressing affair . The French say that Englishmen in the street ...
... live jolly in the open air , putting a bar of solid sleep between day and day . ' They walk and ride as fast as they can , their head bent for- ward , as if urged on some pressing affair . The French say that Englishmen in the street ...
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... live , or there lie . " They hate craft and subtlety . They neither poison , nor waylay , nor assassinate ; and when they have pounded each other to a poul- tice , they will shake hands and be friends for the remainder of their lives ...
... live , or there lie . " They hate craft and subtlety . They neither poison , nor waylay , nor assassinate ; and when they have pounded each other to a poul- tice , they will shake hands and be friends for the remainder of their lives ...
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... live in Van Dieman's Land or Capetown . Faithful performance of what is undertaken to be performed , they honor in themselves , and exact in others , as certificate of equality with themselves . The modern world is theirs . They have ...
... live in Van Dieman's Land or Capetown . Faithful performance of what is undertaken to be performed , they honor in themselves , and exact in others , as certificate of equality with themselves . The modern world is theirs . They have ...
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