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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... WRITER 139 ENGLISH TRAITS . I. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND 159 II . VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 170 III . LAND · 174 · IV . RACE V. ABILITY VI . MANNERS . VII . TRUTH . VIII . CHARACTER IX . COCKAYNE 179 194 208 215 220 228 X. WEALTH 233 · XI ...
... WRITER 139 ENGLISH TRAITS . I. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND 159 II . VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 170 III . LAND · 174 · IV . RACE V. ABILITY VI . MANNERS . VII . TRUTH . VIII . CHARACTER IX . COCKAYNE 179 194 208 215 220 228 X. WEALTH 233 · XI ...
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... write , or paint , or act , by many hands : and , after some time , it is not easy to say what is the authentic work of the master , and what is only of his school . Plato , too , like every great man , consumed his own times . What is ...
... write , or paint , or act , by many hands : and , after some time , it is not easy to say what is the authentic work of the master , and what is only of his school . Plato , too , like every great man , consumed his own times . What is ...
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... writing , at eighty - one years . - But the biography of Plato is interior . We are to account for the supreme elevation of this man , in the intellectual his- tory of our race , - how it happens that , in proportion to the culture of ...
... writing , at eighty - one years . - But the biography of Plato is interior . We are to account for the supreme elevation of this man , in the intellectual his- tory of our race , - how it happens that , in proportion to the culture of ...
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... write verses , and walk alone , — fault of power to express their precise meaning . In a month or two , through the favor of their good genius , they meet some one so related as to assist their volcanic estate ; and , good communication ...
... write verses , and walk alone , — fault of power to express their precise meaning . In a month or two , through the favor of their good genius , they meet some one so related as to assist their volcanic estate ; and , good communication ...
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... writes in ecstasy , or catches us up into poetic raptures . - -- Plato apprehended the cardinal facts . He could prostrate himself on the earth , and cover his eyes , whilst he adored that which cannot be numbered , or gauged , or known ...
... writes in ecstasy , or catches us up into poetic raptures . - -- Plato apprehended the cardinal facts . He could prostrate himself on the earth , and cover his eyes , whilst he adored that which cannot be numbered , or gauged , or known ...
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