Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xvi
... equal rank with Emerson himself . These men and women , with Emerson and others , met in 1836 and subsequent years to discuss the problems of life and thought which the times had raised , and formed them- selves into a society called ...
... equal rank with Emerson himself . These men and women , with Emerson and others , met in 1836 and subsequent years to discuss the problems of life and thought which the times had raised , and formed them- selves into a society called ...
Page xxi
... equal , and graduated at will , such as Montaigne , such as Beaumont and Fletcher , so habitually and easily attain . " He claims that he is just such a reporter and striver after free utterance himself . " I confine my ambition to true ...
... equal , and graduated at will , such as Montaigne , such as Beaumont and Fletcher , so habitually and easily attain . " He claims that he is just such a reporter and striver after free utterance himself . " I confine my ambition to true ...
Page xxxi
... equal scope . Willingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet , and bend her lines of grandeur and grace to the decoration of her darling child . " And so one might go on quoting , recalling passage after passage that ...
... equal scope . Willingly does she follow his steps with the rose and the violet , and bend her lines of grandeur and grace to the decoration of her darling child . " And so one might go on quoting , recalling passage after passage that ...
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... equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with equal fire . This was necessary in so refractory a material as stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our shy jealous ...
... equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with equal fire . This was necessary in so refractory a material as stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our shy jealous ...
Page 42
... equal precision from few subjects or from one , as from multitudes of lives . Shakespeare is supreme in that , as in all the great mental energies . The Germans generalise the English cannot interpret the German mind . German science ...
... equal precision from few subjects or from one , as from multitudes of lives . Shakespeare is supreme in that , as in all the great mental energies . The Germans generalise the English cannot interpret the German mind . German science ...
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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