The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traitsHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our shy jeal- ous ways and worked in society as they . All his thoughts breathed the same generosity . He was an accurate and a deep man . He was a votary of the Greeks , and ...
... stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our shy jeal- ous ways and worked in society as they . All his thoughts breathed the same generosity . He was an accurate and a deep man . He was a votary of the Greeks , and ...
Page 39
... stone , of potter's clay , of coal , of salt and of iron . The land naturally abounds with game ; immense heaths and downs are paved with quails , grouse and woodcock , and the shores are animated by water - birds . The rivers and the ...
... stone , of potter's clay , of coal , of salt and of iron . The land naturally abounds with game ; immense heaths and downs are paved with quails , grouse and woodcock , and the shores are animated by water - birds . The rivers and the ...
Page 97
... stone wall , whilst Birmingham and Manchester , whose mills paid for the wars of Europe , had no represent- ative . Purity in the elective Parliament is se- cured by the purchase of seats.3 Foreign power is kept by armed colonies ...
... stone wall , whilst Birmingham and Manchester , whose mills paid for the wars of Europe , had no represent- ative . Purity in the elective Parliament is se- cured by the purchase of seats.3 Foreign power is kept by armed colonies ...
Page 119
... stones or pendants of counterfeit pearl . " They have the earth - hunger , or preference for pro- perty in land , which is said to mark the Teu- tonic nations . They build of stone : public and private buildings are massive and durable ...
... stones or pendants of counterfeit pearl . " They have the earth - hunger , or preference for pro- perty in land , which is said to mark the Teu- tonic nations . They build of stone : public and private buildings are massive and durable ...
Page 152
... own dis- honest name . Thus nobody can throw stones . We are equally badly off in our founders ; and the false pickle - dealer is an offset to the false bacon - seller . ' CHAPTER X WEALTH HERE is no country in which so 152 ENGLISH TRAITS.
... own dis- honest name . Thus nobody can throw stones . We are equally badly off in our founders ; and the false pickle - dealer is an offset to the false bacon - seller . ' CHAPTER X WEALTH HERE is no country in which so 152 ENGLISH TRAITS.
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