Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xi
... wish that you could be disunited from travelling with the souls of other men ; of living and breathing , reading and writing , with one vital time - fated idea - their opinions . " Again , like his elder self , she bids him " scorn ...
... wish that you could be disunited from travelling with the souls of other men ; of living and breathing , reading and writing , with one vital time - fated idea - their opinions . " Again , like his elder self , she bids him " scorn ...
Page 1
... wish to see the faces of three or four writers — Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contributor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I suppose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to ...
... wish to see the faces of three or four writers — Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contributor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I suppose if I had sifted the reasons that led me to ...
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... wishes to know on the subject . But it turned out good men . He named certain individuals , especially one man of letters , his friend , the best mind he knew , whom London had well served . On the 28th August , I went to Rydal Mount ...
... wishes to know on the subject . But it turned out good men . He named certain individuals , especially one man of letters , his friend , the best mind he knew , whom London had well served . On the 28th August , I went to Rydal Mount ...
Page 9
... wish to know not how many churches or schools , but what newspapers ? My friend , Colonel Hamilton , at the foot of the hill , who was a year in America , assures me that the newspapers are atrocious , and accuse members of Congress of ...
... wish to know not how many churches or schools , but what newspapers ? My friend , Colonel Hamilton , at the foot of the hill , who was a year in America , assures me that the newspapers are atrocious , and accuse members of Congress of ...
Page 21
... wish to be represented except by opulent men . An Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart . The last term of insult is " a beggar . " Nelson said , " the want of fortune is a crime which I can never ...
... wish to be represented except by opulent men . An Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart . The last term of insult is " a beggar . " Nelson said , " the want of fortune is a crime which I can never ...
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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