The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 43
... ture , Architecture . This is a rough enumeration of the Fine Arts . I omit Rhetoric , which only respects the form of eloquence and poetry . Archi- tecture and eloquence are mixed arts , whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use ...
... ture , Architecture . This is a rough enumeration of the Fine Arts . I omit Rhetoric , which only respects the form of eloquence and poetry . Archi- tecture and eloquence are mixed arts , whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use ...
Page 47
... ture paints the best part of the picture , carves the best part of the statue , builds the best part of the house , and speaks the best part of the oration . For all the advantages to which I have adverted are such as the artist did not ...
... ture paints the best part of the picture , carves the best part of the statue , builds the best part of the house , and speaks the best part of the oration . For all the advantages to which I have adverted are such as the artist did not ...
Page 98
... ture and society is laid . In this tossing sea of delusion we feel with our feet the adamant ; in this dominion of chance we find a principle of permanence . For I do not accept that defini- tion of Isocrates , that the office of his ...
... ture and society is laid . In this tossing sea of delusion we feel with our feet the adamant ; in this dominion of chance we find a principle of permanence . For I do not accept that defini- tion of Isocrates , that the office of his ...
Page 103
... ture are on his side . ' His ignorance is more charming than all knowledge , and his little sins more bewitching than any virtue . His flesh is angels ' flesh , all alive . " Infancy , " said Coleridge , - 6c ' presents body and spirit ...
... ture are on his side . ' His ignorance is more charming than all knowledge , and his little sins more bewitching than any virtue . His flesh is angels ' flesh , all alive . " Infancy , " said Coleridge , - 6c ' presents body and spirit ...
Page 139
... ture ; patience with the delays of wind and sun , delays of the seasons , bad weather , excess or lack of water , patience with the slowness of our feet , with the parsimony of our strength , with the largeness of sea and land we must ...
... ture ; patience with the delays of wind and sun , delays of the seasons , bad weather , excess or lack of water , patience with the slowness of our feet , with the parsimony of our strength , with the largeness of sea and land we must ...
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