The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. II, Volume 2Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 16
... London , the Western civilization , would seem a bundle of insanities . We keep each other in countenance , and exasperate by emulation the frenzy of the time . The shield against the stingings of conscience , is the universal practice ...
... London , the Western civilization , would seem a bundle of insanities . We keep each other in countenance , and exasperate by emulation the frenzy of the time . The shield against the stingings of conscience , is the universal practice ...
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... London ; no pitiless sub- division of classes , the doom of the pin - makers , the doom of the weavers , of dressers , of stockingers , of carders , of spin- ners , of colliers ; no Ireland ; no Indian caste , superinduced by the ...
... London ; no pitiless sub- division of classes , the doom of the pin - makers , the doom of the weavers , of dressers , of stockingers , of carders , of spin- ners , of colliers ; no Ireland ; no Indian caste , superinduced by the ...
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... London , or Amsterdam . Later , he resigned his office of As- sessor : the salary attached to this office continued to be paid to him during his life . His duties had brought him into inti- mate acquaintance with King Charles XII . , by ...
... London , or Amsterdam . Later , he resigned his office of As- sessor : the salary attached to this office continued to be paid to him during his life . His duties had brought him into inti- mate acquaintance with King Charles XII . , by ...
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... London , March 29 , 1772 , of apoplexy , in his eighty - fifth year . He is described , when in London , as a man of a quiet , clerical habit , not averse to tea and coffee , and kind to children . He wore a sword when in full velvet ...
... London , March 29 , 1772 , of apoplexy , in his eighty - fifth year . He is described , when in London , as a man of a quiet , clerical habit , not averse to tea and coffee , and kind to children . He wore a sword when in full velvet ...
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... London , a philosophic critic , with a coequal vigor of understanding and imagination comparable only to Lord Bacon's , who has produced his mas- ter's buried books to the day , and transferred them , with every advantage , from their ...
... London , a philosophic critic , with a coequal vigor of understanding and imagination comparable only to Lord Bacon's , who has produced his mas- ter's buried books to the day , and transferred them , with every advantage , from their ...
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