The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 44
... voice , the physical strength , the play of the eye and countenance . All this is so much deduction from the purely spiritual pleasure , as so much deduction from the merit of Art , and is the attribute of Nature . In ' painting ...
... voice , the physical strength , the play of the eye and countenance . All this is so much deduction from the purely spiritual pleasure , as so much deduction from the merit of Art , and is the attribute of Nature . In ' painting ...
Page 69
... voice and man- ner of the person they describe ; they crow , squeal , hiss , cackle , bark , and scream like mad , and , were it only by the physical strength exerted in telling the story , keep the table in unbounded excitement . But ...
... voice and man- ner of the person they describe ; they crow , squeal , hiss , cackle , bark , and scream like mad , and , were it only by the physical strength exerted in telling the story , keep the table in unbounded excitement . But ...
Page 72
... voice forth out of his breast , and his words fell like the winter snows , not then would any mortal contend with Ulysses ; and we , behold- ing , wondered not afterwards so much at his as- pect . ' " Thus he does not fail to arm ...
... voice forth out of his breast , and his words fell like the winter snows , not then would any mortal contend with Ulysses ; and we , behold- ing , wondered not afterwards so much at his as- pect . ' " Thus he does not fail to arm ...
Page 83
... voice is not yet forgotten in this city , that , on occasions of death or tragic disaster which overspread the congregation with gloom , he ascended the pulpit with more than his usual alacrity , and turning to his favorite lessons of ...
... voice is not yet forgotten in this city , that , on occasions of death or tragic disaster which overspread the congregation with gloom , he ascended the pulpit with more than his usual alacrity , and turning to his favorite lessons of ...
Page 94
... voice or of rhetoric will carry people a few times to hear a speaker ; but they soon begin to ask , " What is he driving at ? " and if this man does not stand for anything , he will be deserted . A good upholder of anything which they ...
... voice or of rhetoric will carry people a few times to hear a speaker ; but they soon begin to ask , " What is he driving at ? " and if this man does not stand for anything , he will be deserted . A good upholder of anything which they ...
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