Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... common - sense doctrine of the Scotch school of Dugald Stewart and Dr. Thomas Brown . It was a philosophy with no outlook ; a philosophy of externalism and routine , that found its standards in custom and precedent ; a colourless creed ...
... common - sense doctrine of the Scotch school of Dugald Stewart and Dr. Thomas Brown . It was a philosophy with no outlook ; a philosophy of externalism and routine , that found its standards in custom and precedent ; a colourless creed ...
Page xx
... common occupations that lies busy in the plain below . It is , indeed , his chief aim to invest the ordinary actualities of life with the deeper meaning and ever fresh interest and beauty which they have for the poet and seer , and to ...
... common occupations that lies busy in the plain below . It is , indeed , his chief aim to invest the ordinary actualities of life with the deeper meaning and ever fresh interest and beauty which they have for the poet and seer , and to ...
Page xxviii
... common with Thoreau , of a fanatical asceticism . He be- lieves that life should be rich and joyous , but in order to make it so , there must be some rigour in our regimen to keep us alert , sensitive , and energetic . That is why he ...
... common with Thoreau , of a fanatical asceticism . He be- lieves that life should be rich and joyous , but in order to make it so , there must be some rigour in our regimen to keep us alert , sensitive , and energetic . That is why he ...
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... common friend , an invita- tion from Mr. Landor , who lived at San Domenica di Fiesole . On the 15th May I dined with Mr. Landor . I found him noble and courteous , living in a cloud of pictures at his Villa Gherardesca , a fine house ...
... common friend , an invita- tion from Mr. Landor , who lived at San Domenica di Fiesole . On the 15th May I dined with Mr. Landor . I found him noble and courteous , living in a cloud of pictures at his Villa Gherardesca , a fine house ...
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... common person in England could do , and he led me into the enclosure of his clerk , a young man , to whom he had given this slip of ground , which was laid out , or its natural capabilities shown , with much taste . He then said he ...
... common person in England could do , and he led me into the enclosure of his clerk , a young man , to whom he had given this slip of ground , which was laid out , or its natural capabilities shown , with much taste . He then said he ...
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action appear beauty behold believe Ben Jonson better Celt character church conversation divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil fact faith fear feel force genius give Goethe Greek Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea individual inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour Margaret Fuller means Milton mind moral nations nature never noble numbers opinion perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Plato poet poetry political present race reform relations religion religious Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society soul speak spirit stand sublime T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth universe virtue WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wisdom wise wish words write