Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin & Company, 1968 |
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... true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
... true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in the great ...
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... true . The vain traveller attempts to embellish his life by quot- ing my lord and the prince and the countess , who thus said or did to him . The ambitious vul- gar show you their spoons and brooches and rings , and preserve their cards ...
... true . The vain traveller attempts to embellish his life by quot- ing my lord and the prince and the countess , who thus said or did to him . The ambitious vul- gar show you their spoons and brooches and rings , and preserve their cards ...
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... true , forsooth , our crimes may be lively stones out of which we shall construct the tem- ple of the true God ! I am not careful to justify myself . I own I am gladdened by seeing the predominance of the saccharine principle throughout ...
... true , forsooth , our crimes may be lively stones out of which we shall construct the tem- ple of the true God ! I am not careful to justify myself . I own I am gladdened by seeing the predominance of the saccharine principle throughout ...
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