The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... tell what they think of each other when they meet in the street . We have a fine right , to be sure , to taunt men of the world with superficial and treacherous courtesies ! Such is the tragic necessity which strict science finds ...
... tell what they think of each other when they meet in the street . We have a fine right , to be sure , to taunt men of the world with superficial and treacherous courtesies ! Such is the tragic necessity which strict science finds ...
Page 65
... tell- ing a story , or neatly summing up evidence , or arguing logically , or dexterously addressing the prejudice of the company , - no , but a taking sovereign possession of the audience . Him we call an artist who shall play on an ...
... tell- ing a story , or neatly summing up evidence , or arguing logically , or dexterously addressing the prejudice of the company , - no , but a taking sovereign possession of the audience . Him we call an artist who shall play on an ...
Page 69
... telling the story , keep the table in unbounded excitement . But in every constitution some large degree of animal vigor is necessary as material foundation for the higher qualities of the art . But eloquence must be attractive , or it ...
... telling the story , keep the table in unbounded excitement . But in every constitution some large degree of animal vigor is necessary as material foundation for the higher qualities of the art . But eloquence must be attractive , or it ...
Page 70
... telling endless feats 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 ...
... telling endless feats 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 ...
Page 71
... Tell me , dear child , who is that man , shorter by a head than Agamemnon , yet he looks broader in his shoulders and breast . His arms lie on the ground , but he , like a leader , walks about the bands of the men . He seems to me like ...
... Tell me , dear child , who is that man , shorter by a head than Agamemnon , yet he looks broader in his shoulders and breast . His arms lie on the ground , but he , like a leader , walks about the bands of the men . He seems to me like ...
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