The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... poet than Virgil ; not in his system , which is nothing , but in his power of illustration . ' Faith is necessary to ex- plain anything and to reconcile the foreknow- ledge of God with human evil . Of Cousin ( whose lectures we had all ...
... poet than Virgil ; not in his system , which is nothing , but in his power of illustration . ' Faith is necessary to ex- plain anything and to reconcile the foreknow- ledge of God with human evil . Of Cousin ( whose lectures we had all ...
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... poet and he was chanting poems to me , I saw that he was right and I was wrong , and gladly gave myself up to hear . I told him how much the few printed ex- tracts had quickened the desire to possess his unpublished poems . He replied ...
... poet and he was chanting poems to me , I saw that he was right and I was wrong , and gladly gave myself up to hear . I told him how much the few printed ex- tracts had quickened the desire to possess his unpublished poems . He replied ...
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... poet and he was chanting poems to me , I saw that he was right and I was wrong , and gladly gave myself up to hear . I told him how much the few printed ex- tracts had quickened the desire to possess his unpublished poems . He replied ...
... poet and he was chanting poems to me , I saw that he was right and I was wrong , and gladly gave myself up to hear . I told him how much the few printed ex- tracts had quickened the desire to possess his unpublished poems . He replied ...
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... poetic construction . The fair Saxon man , with open front and honest meaning , domes- tic , affectionate , is not the wood out of which cannibal , or inquisitor , or assassin is made , but he is moulded for law , lawful trade ...
... poetic construction . The fair Saxon man , with open front and honest meaning , domes- tic , affectionate , is not the wood out of which cannibal , or inquisitor , or assassin is made , but he is moulded for law , lawful trade ...
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... - men can adopt a public end with all their heat , and this strength of affection makes the romance of their heroes . The difference of rank does not divide the na- tional heart . The Danish poet Oehlenschläger complains that who ABILITY ...
... - men can adopt a public end with all their heat , and this strength of affection makes the romance of their heroes . The difference of rank does not divide the na- tional heart . The Danish poet Oehlenschläger complains that who ABILITY ...
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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