Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... sense , sturdy conscience , and courage were con- joined in him with a grace , refinement , and quick insight which he probably derived from the female side . It was by the fine admixture with the Puritan strength , fidelity , and ...
... sense , sturdy conscience , and courage were con- joined in him with a grace , refinement , and quick insight which he probably derived from the female side . It was by the fine admixture with the Puritan strength , fidelity , and ...
Page xii
... of Wordsworth , awakening a fresh love of simple things and simple folk , and a subtle sense of man's kinship with Nature , we have named the chief literary factors that contributed to the evolution of xii INTRODUCTION .
... of Wordsworth , awakening a fresh love of simple things and simple folk , and a subtle sense of man's kinship with Nature , we have named the chief literary factors that contributed to the evolution of xii INTRODUCTION .
Page xiii
... 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 without ...
... 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 without ...
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... senses . According to this view , man — or mind in man — was rather the maker , or the part - creator , of the world ... sense of elasticity and buoyancy which stimulated to noble resolves and worthy undertakings . The Transcendental ...
... senses . According to this view , man — or mind in man — was rather the maker , or the part - creator , of the world ... sense of elasticity and buoyancy which stimulated to noble resolves and worthy undertakings . The Transcendental ...
Page xv
... sense of wonder and mystery , —the same scorn of convention- ality and rash impulsiveness , —the same return upon Nature ; and it cherished the same bold hope of social regeneration . It had , too , its obvious alliance with the great ...
... sense of wonder and mystery , —the same scorn of convention- ality and rash impulsiveness , —the same return upon Nature ; and it cherished the same bold hope of social regeneration . It had , too , its obvious alliance with the great ...
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