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" In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed,... "
Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Page 7
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 383 pages
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Sketches of Martha's Vineyard and Other Reminiscences of Travel at Home, Etc

Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 230 pages
...feels the truth of the following beautiful passage : ' In the woods is perpetual youth ; within the plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reign ;...not how he should tire of them in a thousand years.' Among other objects of interest, are the Unitarian Church, which is hardly equalled for imposing effect...
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Sketches of Martha's Vineyard and Other Reminiscences of Travel at Home, Etc

Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 228 pages
...feels the truth of the following beautiful passage : ' In the woods is perpetual youth ; within the plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reign ;...dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire o/ them in a thousand years.' Among other objects of interest, are the Unitarian Church, which is hardly...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. Almost I fear to think how glad I am. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and, at what period soever of life, is always a child. ]n the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reisjn ; a...
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Merrimack: Or, Life at the Loom; a Tale

Day Kellogg Lee - 1854 - 378 pages
...and make good Hank verse of anapestic measure," said Fanny " In the woods, too, a man casts off liis years, As the snake his slough, And at what period...of God, A decorum and sanctity reign, A perennial festival's dressed, And the guest sees not how he should tire Of them in a thousand years." The girls...
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Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Book 7

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...equidem, vitamque extrema per omnia duco §." " In the woods," says a living writer, " a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and, at what period...always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." In this respect, then, the forest truly represents the scene through which wander those who by the...
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Merrimack: Or, Life at the Loom; a Tale

Day Kellogg Lee - 1854 - 368 pages
...word, and make good blank verse of anapestic measure," said Fanny " In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, As the snake his slough, And at what period soever of life, Is always a child. In tho woods, is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, A decorum nnd sanctity reign, A perennial...
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The Christian journal

1854 - 594 pages
...;these plantations of God," be says, when speaking of his enjoyment of a scene of exquisite beauty, " a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not ho» he should tire of it in a thousand years. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and...
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The Collected Works of ... P. ...

Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. Almost I fear to think how glad I am. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial VOL. X.— Critical Writings, 2. 14 festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire...
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Outlook and Independent, Volume 68

1901 - 1022 pages
...In the woods, too, a man casts off hi» years, as the snake his slough, and, at what period Hoever of life, is always a child- In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand yearn." Not only in one address, but in many, he: contended that the universe is built upon the granite...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the wooda^, is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial...
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