The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traitsHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The portrait prefixed to this volume is from a da- guerreotype taken in England in 1847 and now in the possession of the Carlyle family . ENGLISH TRAITS I ENGLISH TRAITS CHAPTER I FIRST VISIT TO.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. The portrait prefixed to this volume is from a da- guerreotype taken in England in 1847 and now in the possession of the Carlyle family . ENGLISH TRAITS I ENGLISH TRAITS CHAPTER I FIRST VISIT TO.
Page 4
... Carlyle ; and I sup- pose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to Europe , when I was ill and was advised to travel , it was mainly the attraction of these per- sons . If Goethe had been still living I might have wandered into ...
... Carlyle ; and I sup- pose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to Europe , when I was ill and was advised to travel , it was mainly the attraction of these per- sons . If Goethe had been still living I might have wandered into ...
Page 15
... Carlyle was a man from his youth , an author who did not need to hide from his readers , and as absolute a man of the world , unknown and exiled on that hill - farm , as if holding on his own terms what is best in London . He was tall ...
... Carlyle was a man from his youth , an author who did not need to hide from his readers , and as absolute a man of the world , unknown and exiled on that hill - farm , as if holding on his own terms what is best in London . He was tall ...
Page 18
... Carlyle's fault that we talked on that topic , for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls , and did not like to place himself where no step can be taken . But he was honest and true , and ...
... Carlyle's fault that we talked on that topic , for he had the natural disinclination of every nimble spirit to bruise itself against walls , and did not like to place himself where no step can be taken . But he was honest and true , and ...
Page 21
... Carlyle's critical articles and translations . He said he thought him sometimes insane . He proceeded to abuse Goethe's Wilhelm Meister heartily . It was full of all manner of fornication . It was like the crossing of flies in the air ...
... Carlyle's critical articles and translations . He said he thought him sometimes insane . He proceeded to abuse Goethe's Wilhelm Meister heartily . It was full of all manner of fornication . It was like the crossing of flies in the air ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American aristocracy Bacon beautiful Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich Britain British Carlyle Celt century CHAPTER Chartist church civil Coleridge courage Duke Earl Emerson wrote England English nature English Traits Englishman Europe eyes France French genius give Greek heart Heimskringla honor Horatio Greenough horse House hundred intellect island John John Sterling journal King labor land Landor lectures letters lish lived London look Lord Lord Eldon manners means ment miles mind nation nature never noble opinion Oxford Parliament persons Plato poems poet poetry politics praise race Ralph Waldo Emerson Reform religion rich Saxon scholars Scotland Shakspeare ship Sir Charles Fellowes social society speak stone Stonehenge Tacitus talent taste Tennyson thing thought thousand tion told trade truth wealth whilst Wordsworth writes