But, to come back to Emerson (whom, by the way, I believe we left waiting), — his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for t'other the Exchange... Alph Waldo Emerson - Page 115by Alexander Ireland - 1882Full view - About this book
| 1849 - 424 pages
...to come back to Rmerson (whom, by the way, I believe we left waiting), his ts, we may say, A Greck head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for t'other the Rxchange; He Rfems, to my thinking (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere this, have becn... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 pages
...But. to come back to Emerson, (whom by the way, I believe we left waiting,) — his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for fother the Exchange ; He seems, to my thinking, (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pages
...believe we left waiting,)—his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose way, range He seems, to my thinking, (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere this, have been Has Olympus for one pole, for t'other the Exchange ; made,) A^Plotinus-Montaigne, where the Egyptian's... | |
| Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 pages
...salutary impulse, with keen practical genius. His is, says Lowell in one of his best criticisms, " A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for th' other the Exchange ; A Plotinus Montaigne, where the Egyptian's gold dust And the Gascon's shrewd... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 330 pages
...But, to come back to Emerson, (whom by the way, I believe we left waiting,) — his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for fother the Exchange ; He seems, to my thinking, (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere... | |
| 1867 - 672 pages
...been termed ' a Plotinus Montaigne,' and one of his admirers has, not unfairly, attributed to him— ' A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for oue pole, for th' other the Exchange.' There never was a mystic with so much of the spirit of the good... | |
| William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...furniture in a warehouse which will come of use by-and-bye. — Alexander Smith. His is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for t'other th' Exchange. 'Tis refreshing to old-fashioned people like me To meet such a primitive pagan as he,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...left waiting), — his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olvmpus for one pole, for t'other the Exchange ; He seems, to my thinking (although l 'm afraid The comparison must, long ere this, have been made), A Plotinus - Montaigne, where the... | |
| 1889 - 532 pages
...He has been called a ' PlotinusMontaigne,' and Mr. Lowell (Fable for Critics) credits him with — 'A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for th' other the Exchange.' It is the combination of these various elements which makes his position and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...But, to come back to Emerson (whom, by the way, l believe we left waiting), — his is, we may say, A Greek head on right Yankee shoulders, whose range Has Olympus for one pole, for t' other the Exchange; He seems, to my thinking (although I'm afraid The comparison must, long ere... | |
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