Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... meets Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar orns as the splendid ornament of her brows . The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is at the surface ...
... meets Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar orns as the splendid ornament of her brows . The identity of history is equally intrinsic , the diversity equally obvious . There is at the surface ...
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... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , —when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar ...
... meet mine . Then the vaunted distinction between Greek and English , between Classic and Romantic schools seems superficial and pedantic . When a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , —when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar ...
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... meet in numerous conven- tions ; the greater the concourse , and with each . new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
... meet in numerous conven- tions ; the greater the concourse , and with each . new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
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... meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
... meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than ...
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... meet in every part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the ...
... meet in every part of nature ; in darkness and light ; in heat and cold ; in the ebb and flow of waters ; in male and female ; in the inspiration and expiration of plants and animals ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in 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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