Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxv
... perfect store- house of quotations for the modern advocate of " Personal Liberty . " But there is this to be said , that Emerson's breadth of view and flexibility prevent narrowness ; there is no dogmatic formulation of a stiffened ...
... perfect store- house of quotations for the modern advocate of " Personal Liberty . " But there is this to be said , that Emerson's breadth of view and flexibility prevent narrowness ; there is no dogmatic formulation of a stiffened ...
Page xxx
... perfect compensation of the universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to ...
... perfect compensation of the universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to ...
Page 25
... perfect order . They have no revolutions ; no horse - guards dictating to the crown ; no Parisian poissardes and barricades ; no mob : but drowsy habitude , daily dress - dinners , wine , and ale , and beer , and gin , and sleep . With ...
... perfect order . They have no revolutions ; no horse - guards dictating to the crown ; no Parisian poissardes and barricades ; no mob : but drowsy habitude , daily dress - dinners , wine , and ale , and beer , and gin , and sleep . With ...
Page 36
... economical , mercantile . He must be treated with sincerity and reality , with muffins , and not the promise of muffins ; and prefers his hot chop , with perfect security and convenience in the eating of it , to 36 LITERATURE .
... economical , mercantile . He must be treated with sincerity and reality , with muffins , and not the promise of muffins ; and prefers his hot chop , with perfect security and convenience in the eating of it , to 36 LITERATURE .
Page 37
... perfect in the " noble vulgar speech . " Donne , Bunyan , Milton , Taylor , Evelyn , Pepys , Hooker , Cotton , and the translators , wrote it . How realistic or material- istic in treatment of his subject is Swift . He describes his ...
... perfect in the " noble vulgar speech . " Donne , Bunyan , Milton , Taylor , Evelyn , Pepys , Hooker , Cotton , and the translators , wrote it . How realistic or material- istic in treatment of his subject is Swift . He describes his ...
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