The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page 14
... means . So that the import of the expression is that he had received the story of an eye - witness such as we also possess . But there is a material circumstance which diminishes our confidence in the correctness of the Apostle's view ...
... means . So that the import of the expression is that he had received the story of an eye - witness such as we also possess . But there is a material circumstance which diminishes our confidence in the correctness of the Apostle's view ...
Page 23
... mean the unfavorable relation in which it places that numerous class of persons who abstain from it merely from disinclination to the rite . Influenced by these considerations , I have proposed to the brethren of the Church to drop the ...
... mean the unfavorable relation in which it places that numerous class of persons who abstain from it merely from disinclination to the rite . Influenced by these considerations , I have proposed to the brethren of the Church to drop the ...
Page 91
... means represent the will of the nation ; and that , out of eighteen thousand souls composing the nation , fifteen thousand six hundred and sixty - eight have protested against the so - called treaty . It now appears that the government ...
... means represent the will of the nation ; and that , out of eighteen thousand souls composing the nation , fifteen thousand six hundred and sixty - eight have protested against the so - called treaty . It now appears that the government ...
Page 129
... adopted the slave's cause : — they turned their backs on me . No : I see other pictures , - of mean men ; I see very poor , very ill - clothed , very ignorant men , not surrounded by happy - -- XI WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 129.
... adopted the slave's cause : — they turned their backs on me . No : I see other pictures , - of mean men ; I see very poor , very ill - clothed , very ignorant men , not surrounded by happy - -- XI WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 129.
Page 135
... means of plain men , working not under a leader , but under a sentiment . Other revolutions have been the in- surrection of the oppressed ; this was the repent- ance of the tyrant . It was the masters revolting from their mastery . The ...
... means of plain men , working not under a leader , but under a sentiment . Other revolutions have been the in- surrection of the oppressed ; this was the repent- ance of the tyrant . It was the masters revolting from their mastery . The ...
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