The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 7
... stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design , to give man , in the heav- enly bodies , the perpetual presence ...
... stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design , to give man , in the heav- enly bodies , the perpetual presence ...
Page 12
... stars of the dead calices of flowers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute music . The inhabitants of cities suppose that the country land- scape is pleasant only half the year . I ...
... stars of the dead calices of flowers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute music . The inhabitants of cities suppose that the country land- scape is pleasant only half the year . I ...
Page 13
... stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly hunted , become shows merely , and mock us with their unreality . Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' t is mere tinsel ; it will not please as when its ...
... stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly hunted , become shows merely , and mock us with their unreality . Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' t is mere tinsel ; it will not please as when its ...
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... it as his prey ; His eyes dismount the highest star ; He is in little all the sphere . Herbs gladly cure our flesh , because that they Find their acquaintance there . " For us , the winds do blow , The PROSPECTS . 37.
... it as his prey ; His eyes dismount the highest star ; He is in little all the sphere . Herbs gladly cure our flesh , because that they Find their acquaintance there . " For us , the winds do blow , The PROSPECTS . 37.
Page 38
... stars have us to bed : Night draws the curtain ; which the sun withdraws . Music and light attend our head . All things unto our flesh are kind , In their descent and being ; to our mind , In their ascent and cause . " More servants ...
... stars have us to bed : Night draws the curtain ; which the sun withdraws . Music and light attend our head . All things unto our flesh are kind , In their descent and being ; to our mind , In their ascent and cause . " More servants ...
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