 ... books, and assured him that he, Thoreau, and not the librarian, was the proper custodian of these. In short, the President found the petitioner so formidable, and the rules getting to look so ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which...  Complete Works - Page 427by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or bon mots gleaned from London circles ; and though he tried to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him.... | |
 | 1862 - 796 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his country and condition was genuine, and bis aversation from English and European manners and tastes almost reached contempt. He listened impatiently... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 pages
...interested in the petty machinery of forced and over-heated local politics, just as Emerson tells us that he listened impatiently to news or bon-mots gleaned from London circles ; and that though he tried to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him. Wrapt up with his apparent disregard... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 404 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...all imitating each other, and on a small mould. Why cau they not live as far apart as possible , and each be a man by himself ? What he sought was the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 478 pages
...that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. \ No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him. The men we^e all imitating each other, and on a small mould. Why can they not live as far apart as possible,... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1883 - 336 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or ban mots gleaned from London circles ; and though he tried to be civil, these anecdotea fatigued him.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1883 - 328 pages
...truer American existed than Thoreau. Ilia preference of his country and condition was genuine, and hia aversation from English and European manners and tastes...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or bon molt gleaned from London circles ; and though he tried to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 100 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or bon mots gleaned from London circles ; and though he tried to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or bon mots gleaned from London circles; and though he tried to be civil, these anecdotes fatigued him.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 pages
...ridiculous, that he ended by giving him a privilege which in his hands proved unlimited thereafter. No truer American existed than Thoreau. His preference of his...reached contempt. He listened impatiently to news or Lou mots gleaned from London circles; and though he tried to bo civil, these anecdotes fatigued him.... | |
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