Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... expression of one moral thing : and to the senses what more unlike than an ode of Pindar , a marble Centaur , the Peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one ...
... expression of one moral thing : and to the senses what more unlike than an ode of Pindar , a marble Centaur , the Peristyle of the Parthenon , and the last actions of Phocion ? Yet do these varied external expressions proceed from one ...
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... expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all that is ascribed to it , is manifestly a deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness ...
... expression of that which in grave earnest the mind of that period toiled to achieve . Magic , and all that is ascribed to it , is manifestly a deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness ...
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... expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ...
... expression . There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ...
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... expression of them . but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . All my wilful ac- tions and acquisitions are but roving ; -the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emotion are do- nestic and ...
... expression of them . but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . All my wilful ac- tions and acquisitions are but roving ; -the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emotion are do- nestic and ...
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... expression of his countenance , that he goes the missionary of wis- dom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavi- gation of the ...
... expression of his countenance , that he goes the missionary of wis- dom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an interloper or a valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavi- gation of the ...
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| Title | Essays: First Series Volume 2 of Emerson's complete works : Riverside edition |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | H. Altemus, 1899 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2015 |
| Length | 322 pages |
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