The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... kings have the most to fear . For himself he declared that he could not get enough alone to write a letter to a friend . He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures . The solitary river was not solitary enough ; the sun and moon put ...
... kings have the most to fear . For himself he declared that he could not get enough alone to write a letter to a friend . He left the city ; he hid himself in pastures . The solitary river was not solitary enough ; the sun and moon put ...
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... king lived and ate in his hall with men , and understood men , " said Selden . When a young barrister said to the late Mr. Mason , " I keep my chamber to read law , " " Read law ! " replied the veteran , " ' t is in the court - room you ...
... king lived and ate in his hall with men , and understood men , " said Selden . When a young barrister said to the late Mr. Mason , " I keep my chamber to read law , " " Read law ! " replied the veteran , " ' t is in the court - room you ...
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... kings who sit on thrones , but they who know how to govern . The definitions of eloquence describe its attraction for young men . Antiphon the Rhamnusian , one of Plutarch's ten orators , advertised in Athens " that he would cure dis ...
... kings who sit on thrones , but they who know how to govern . The definitions of eloquence describe its attraction for young men . Antiphon the Rhamnusian , one of Plutarch's ten orators , advertised in Athens " that he would cure dis ...
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... of fairies and magicians and kings and queens , was more dear and wonderful to a circle of children than any orator in England or America is now ? ' The more indolent and imaginative complexion of the Eastern nations 70 ELOQUENCE.
... of fairies and magicians and kings and queens , was more dear and wonderful to a circle of children than any orator in England or America is now ? ' The more indolent and imaginative complexion of the Eastern nations 70 ELOQUENCE.
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... king of Sparta , asked him which was the best wrest- ler , Pericles or he , replied , " When I throw him , he says he was never down , and he persuades the very spectators to believe him . " Philip of Macedon said of Demosthenes , on ...
... king of Sparta , asked him which was the best wrest- ler , Pericles or he , replied , " When I throw him , he says he was never down , and he persuades the very spectators to believe him . " Philip of Macedon said of Demosthenes , on ...
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