The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 22
... once a giantess who had a daughter , and the child saw a hus- bandman ploughing in the field . Then she ran and picked him up with her finger and thumb , and put him and his plough and his oxen into her apron , and carried them to her ...
... once a giantess who had a daughter , and the child saw a hus- bandman ploughing in the field . Then she ran and picked him up with her finger and thumb , and put him and his plough and his oxen into her apron , and carried them to her ...
Page 61
... once in his life . Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat , or , we boil at different degrees . One man is brought to the boiling - point by the excitement of conver- sation in the parlor . The waters , of course , are not very ...
... once in his life . Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat , or , we boil at different degrees . One man is brought to the boiling - point by the excitement of conver- sation in the parlor . The waters , of course , are not very ...
Page 68
... once practi- cable . I do not rate this animal eloquence very highly ; and yet , as we must be fed and warmed before we can do any work well , even the best , so is this semi - animal exuberance , like a good stove , of the first ...
... once practi- cable . I do not rate this animal eloquence very highly ; and yet , as we must be fed and warmed before we can do any work well , even the best , so is this semi - animal exuberance , like a good stove , of the first ...
Page 72
... once the wise Ulysses came hither on an embassy , with Menelaus , beloved by Mars . I received them and entertained them at my house . I became acquainted with the genius and the dent judgments of both . When they mixed with the ...
... once the wise Ulysses came hither on an embassy , with Menelaus , beloved by Mars . I received them and entertained them at my house . I became acquainted with the genius and the dent judgments of both . When they mixed with the ...
Page 76
... once becomes famous , and takes the lead in the public mind over all these executive men , who , of course , are full of indignation to find one who has no tact or skill and knows he has none , put over them by means of this talk- ing ...
... once becomes famous , and takes the lead in the public mind over all these executive men , who , of course , are full of indignation to find one who has no tact or skill and knows he has none , put over them by means of this talk- ing ...
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