The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 238
... Madame de Staël , visited Goethe and Schiller ; when Hegel was the guest of Victor Cousin in Paris ; when Linnæus was the guest of Jussieu . It happened many years ago that an American chemist carried a letter of in- troduction to Dr ...
... Madame de Staël , visited Goethe and Schiller ; when Hegel was the guest of Victor Cousin in Paris ; when Linnæus was the guest of Jussieu . It happened many years ago that an American chemist carried a letter of in- troduction to Dr ...
Page 93
... Madame de Staël , by the unanimous consent of all who knew her , was the most extraordinary converser that was known in her time , and it was a time full of eminent men and women , she SOCIAL AIMS 93.
... Madame de Staël , by the unanimous consent of all who knew her , was the most extraordinary converser that was known in her time , and it was a time full of eminent men and women , she SOCIAL AIMS 93.
Page 94
... Madame de Staël valued no- thing but conversation . When they showed her the beautiful Lake Leman , she exclaimed , " O for the gutter of the Rue de ... de Staël and Madame Récamier and Benjamin Constant and Schlegel ! they 94 SOCIAL AIMS.
... Madame de Staël valued no- thing but conversation . When they showed her the beautiful Lake Leman , she exclaimed , " O for the gutter of the Rue de ... de Staël and Madame Récamier and Benjamin Constant and Schlegel ! they 94 SOCIAL AIMS.
Page 95
... Madame de Tessé said , " If I were Queen , I should command Madame de Staël to talk to me every day . " Conversation fills all gaps , supplies all deficiencies . What a good trait is that recorded of Madame de Maintenon , that , during ...
... Madame de Tessé said , " If I were Queen , I should command Madame de Staël to talk to me every day . " Conversation fills all gaps , supplies all deficiencies . What a good trait is that recorded of Madame de Maintenon , that , during ...
Page 185
... Madame de Staël's " Architecture is frozen music " is bor- rowed from Goethe's " dumb music , " which is Vitruvius's rule , that " the architect must not only understand drawing , but music . " Words- worth's hero acting " on the plan ...
... Madame de Staël's " Architecture is frozen music " is bor- rowed from Goethe's " dumb music , " which is Vitruvius's rule , that " the architect must not only understand drawing , but music . " Words- worth's hero acting " on the plan ...
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