The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 5-6Wm. H. Wise, 1903 |
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... trades and guilds , the mili- tary strength and splendor , the multitudes of rich and of remarkable people , the servants and equipages , — all these catching the eye and never allowing it to pause , hide all boundaries by the ...
... trades and guilds , the mili- tary strength and splendor , the multitudes of rich and of remarkable people , the servants and equipages , — all these catching the eye and never allowing it to pause , hide all boundaries by the ...
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... trade that a people so skilful and sufficient in economizing water - front by docks , warehouses and lighters required . When James the First declared his purpose of punish- ing London by removing his Court , the Lord Mayor replied that ...
... trade that a people so skilful and sufficient in economizing water - front by docks , warehouses and lighters required . When James the First declared his purpose of punish- ing London by removing his Court , the Lord Mayor replied that ...
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... Trades and profes- sions carve their own lines on face and form . Certain circumstances of English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of ...
... Trades and profes- sions carve their own lines on face and form . Certain circumstances of English life are not less effective ; as personal liberty ; plenty of food ; good ale and mutton ; open market , or good wages for every kind of ...
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... in 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.
... in 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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... trade to all countries . The English at the present day have great vigor of body and endurance . Other country- men look slight and undersized beside them , and invalids . They are bigger men than the Americans . I suppose a hundred ...
... trade to all countries . The English at the present day have great vigor of body and endurance . Other country- men look slight and undersized beside them , and invalids . They are bigger men than the Americans . I suppose a hundred ...
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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