Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... side . It was by the fine admixture with the Puritan strength , fidelity , and religious fervour , of a Greek sensibility and restraint ( recalling Milton to us ) , that Emerson , in spite of his dangerous and almost absolute reliance ...
... side . It was by the fine admixture with the Puritan strength , fidelity , and religious fervour , of a Greek sensibility and restraint ( recalling Milton to us ) , that Emerson , in spite of his dangerous and almost absolute reliance ...
Page xv
... side of the movement has been made the most of by Mr. Lowell ( see his essay on Thoreau in My Study Windows , published in this Series ) , but we must not be led by its comicalities to under - estimate its genuine worth and admir- able ...
... side of the movement has been made the most of by Mr. Lowell ( see his essay on Thoreau in My Study Windows , published in this Series ) , but we must not be led by its comicalities to under - estimate its genuine worth and admir- able ...
Page xix
... side face only , and emphasizing his prominent features . Emer- son is , no doubt , before all else a poet ; for he habitually views life , and would have others view it , through the imagination . But he is , besides being a poet , a ...
... side face only , and emphasizing his prominent features . Emer- son is , no doubt , before all else a poet ; for he habitually views life , and would have others view it , through the imagination . But he is , besides being a poet , a ...
Page xx
... side " of them which we may see if we will but look aright . He is no seeker and praiser of the rare and exquisite , but would make common things poetic and ordinary duties admirable . With this practical purpose he seeks not only to ...
... side " of them which we may see if we will but look aright . He is no seeker and praiser of the rare and exquisite , but would make common things poetic and ordinary duties admirable . With this practical purpose he seeks not only to ...
Page xxi
... side of the question which shows the dangers of this rather venturesome reporting of mental moods . Emerson was aware of these dangers when he himself wrote- " I am always insincere , as always knowing there are other moods . " This is ...
... side of the question which shows the dangers of this rather venturesome reporting of mental moods . Emerson was aware of these dangers when he himself wrote- " I am always insincere , as always knowing there are other moods . " This is ...
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