The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 38
... face on their stone jugs . He was a cool fellow , adding to his humor a perfect temper , and a knowledge of his man , be he who he might whom he talked with , which laid the companion open to certain defeat in any debate , - and in ...
... face on their stone jugs . He was a cool fellow , adding to his humor a perfect temper , and a knowledge of his man , be he who he might whom he talked with , which laid the companion open to certain defeat in any debate , - and in ...
Page 55
... face has a wandering or vacant air . -- The genius which was to penetrate the science of the age with a far more subtle science ; to pass the bounds of space and time ; venture into the dim spirit - realm , and attempt to establish a ...
... face has a wandering or vacant air . -- The genius which was to penetrate the science of the age with a far more subtle science ; to pass the bounds of space and time ; venture into the dim spirit - realm , and attempt to establish a ...
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... face startling us at every turn , under a mask so unexpected that we think it the face of a stranger , and carrying up the semblance into di- vine forms , delighted the prophetic eye of Swedenborg ; and he must be reckoned a leader in ...
... face startling us at every turn , under a mask so unexpected that we think it the face of a stranger , and carrying up the semblance into di- vine forms , delighted the prophetic eye of Swedenborg ; and he must be reckoned a leader in ...
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... faces resembled a round , broad cake , and their arms rotate like a wheel . Except Rabelais and Dean Swift , nobody ever had such science of filth and corruption . These books should be used with caution . It is dangerous to sculpture ...
... faces resembled a round , broad cake , and their arms rotate like a wheel . Except Rabelais and Dean Swift , nobody ever had such science of filth and corruption . These books should be used with caution . It is dangerous to sculpture ...
Page 81
... face , at the contrast of the two faces . A man is flushed with success , and bethinks himself what this good luck signifies . He drives his bargain in the street ; but it occurs , that he also is bought and sold . He sees the beauty of ...
... face , at the contrast of the two faces . A man is flushed with success , and bethinks himself what this good luck signifies . He drives his bargain in the street ; but it occurs , that he also is bought and sold . He sees the beauty of ...
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