The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 39
... things which are said to be done by Nature are indeed done by Divine Art . " Art , univer- sally , is the spirit creative . It was defined by Aristotle , " The reason of the thing , without the matter . " If we follow the popular ...
... things which are said to be done by Nature are indeed done by Divine Art . " Art , univer- sally , is the spirit creative . It was defined by Aristotle , " The reason of the thing , without the matter . " If we follow the popular ...
Page 49
... things which he saw whilst he stood aside , and then returned to record them . The poet aims at getting observations without aim ; to subject to thought things seen without ( voluntary ) thought . ' In eloquence , the great triumphs of ...
... things which he saw whilst he stood aside , and then returned to record them . The poet aims at getting observations without aim ; to subject to thought things seen without ( voluntary ) thought . ' In eloquence , the great triumphs of ...
Page 53
... things . The Iliad of Homer , the songs of David , the odes of Pindar , the trage- dies of Æschylus , the Doric temples , the Gothic cathedrals , the plays of Shakspeare , all and each were made not for sport but in grave earnest , in ...
... things . The Iliad of Homer , the songs of David , the odes of Pindar , the trage- dies of Æschylus , the Doric temples , the Gothic cathedrals , the plays of Shakspeare , all and each were made not for sport but in grave earnest , in ...
Page 55
... things in the world in the customs of nations , the etiquette of courts , the constitution of govern- the origin in quite simple local neces- sities . Heraldry , for example , and the ceremo- nies of a coronation , are a dignified ...
... things in the world in the customs of nations , the etiquette of courts , the constitution of govern- the origin in quite simple local neces- sities . Heraldry , for example , and the ceremo- nies of a coronation , are a dignified ...
Page 82
... things changes . The audience is thrown into the attitude of pupil , follows like a child its preceptor , and hears what he has to say . It is as if , amidst the king's council at Madrid , Ximenes urged that an advantage might be gained ...
... things changes . The audience is thrown into the attitude of pupil , follows like a child its preceptor , and hears what he has to say . It is as if , amidst the king's council at Madrid , Ximenes urged that an advantage might be gained ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æschylus appears astronomy beauty Ben Jonson better Boston called character charm civil club conversation courage dæmons delight Demosthenes divine earth eloquence Emerson England essay eternal experience fact feel genius give Goethe Hafiz heard heart heaven hour human imagination immortality inspiration intel intellect Jotun journal labor learned lecture live look Madame de Staël manners Margaret Fuller master mind moral nations Nature never Odoacer orator Over-Soul passage persons Phi Beta Kappa Pindar plants Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry RALPH WALDO EMERSON rhyme Saadi scholar seems sense sentence sentiment Shakspeare society Socrates solitude song soul speak speech spirit talent things thou thought tion truth ture verses voice whilst wise wish words write wrote young youth Zoroaster