Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin & Company, 1968 |
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Page 105
... object , but is able to see the sensual allurement of an object and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head but not the dragon's tail , and thinks he can cut off that which he would have COMPENSATION 105.
... object , but is able to see the sensual allurement of an object and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head but not the dragon's tail , and thinks he can cut off that which he would have COMPENSATION 105.
Page 335
... object . We must learn the language of facts . The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject if he has no hand to paint them to the senses . The ray of light passes in- visible through space and only when it falls on an object ...
... object . We must learn the language of facts . The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject if he has no hand to paint them to the senses . The ray of light passes in- visible through space and only when it falls on an object ...
Page 355
... object , - so remarkable in Burke , in Byron , in Carlyle , — the painter and sculptor exhibit in color and in stone . The power depends on the depth of the artist's in- sight of that object he contemplates . For every object has its ...
... object , - so remarkable in Burke , in Byron , in Carlyle , — the painter and sculptor exhibit in color and in stone . The power depends on the depth of the artist's in- sight of that object he contemplates . For every object has its ...
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