| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise — and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will, is...affections. Hundreds of writers may be found in every long-civilised nation, who for a short time believe, and make others believe, that they see and utter... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise,—and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will, is...not; a paper currency is employed, when there is no hullion in the vaults. In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...power, the desire of praise,— and duplicity and falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth, the power over Nature, as an interpreter of the will,...affections. Hundreds of writers may be found in every long-civilised nation, who for a short time believe, and make others believe, that they see and utter... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will, is...stand' for things which are not ; a paper currency ia employed, when there is no bullion in the vaults. In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is in a degree lost ; new imageiy ceases to be created, and old words are perverted to stand for things which are not ; a paper... | |
| 1875 - 324 pages
...of power, and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is...is employed when there is no bullion in the vaults. 7. In due time the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the... | |
| Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth ; the power of Nature as an interpreter of the will is lost. New imagery ceases to be created, and old words...currency is employed when there is no bullion in the bank. In due time the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 394 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is...Hundreds of writers may be found in every long-civilized j nation who for a short time believe and make others believe that they see and utter truths, who do... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...of power, and of praise, — and duplic-^ ity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is...the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stirnulate the understanding or the affections. Hundreds of writers may be found in every long-civilized... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 390 pages
...pleasure, of power, and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is...in the vaults. In due time the fraud is manifest, an-l words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections. Hundreds of writers may... | |
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