Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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... Poetry edited by Mr. Em- erson . With Introductory Essay . Household Edition . 12m0 , $ 1.50 . Library Edition . 8vo , $ 3.00 . EMERSON BIRTHDAY BOOK . With Portrait and Illus- trations . 24mo , $ 1.00 . EMERSON CALENDAR BOOK . 32mo ...
... Poetry edited by Mr. Em- erson . With Introductory Essay . Household Edition . 12m0 , $ 1.50 . Library Edition . 8vo , $ 3.00 . EMERSON BIRTHDAY BOOK . With Portrait and Illus- trations . 24mo , $ 1.00 . EMERSON CALENDAR BOOK . 32mo ...
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... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures , in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius — anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ...
... poets , the romancers , do not in their stateliest pictures , in the sacerdotal , the imperial palaces , in the triumphs of will or of genius — anywhere lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for better men ...
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... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature , betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of his- tory . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angu- larity of facts . No anchor , no ...
... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature , betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of his- tory . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angu- larity of facts . No anchor , no ...
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... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- stance . Every chemical substance ...
... poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum- stance . Every chemical substance ...
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... poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it , its ...
... poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it , its ...
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