The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 7
... sentence . ' Tis worse , and tragic , that no man is fit for society who has fine traits . At a distance he is admired , but bring him hand to hand , he is a cripple . ' One protects himself by solitude , and one by courtesy , and one ...
... sentence . ' Tis worse , and tragic , that no man is fit for society who has fine traits . At a distance he is admired , but bring him hand to hand , he is a cripple . ' One protects himself by solitude , and one by courtesy , and one ...
Page 14
... sentence : we have seen him in dif- ferent company . Assort your party , or invite none . Put Stubbs and Coleridge , Quintilian and Aunt Miriam , into pairs , and you make them all wretched . ' T is an extempore Sing - Sing built in a ...
... sentence : we have seen him in dif- ferent company . Assort your party , or invite none . Put Stubbs and Coleridge , Quintilian and Aunt Miriam , into pairs , and you make them all wretched . ' T is an extempore Sing - Sing built in a ...
Page 64
... sentence worthy of attention , short and contorted , so that he who converses with him will appear to be in no respect superior to a boy . " Plato's defini- tion of rhetoric is , " the art of ruling the minds of men . ' The Koran " A ...
... sentence worthy of attention , short and contorted , so that he who converses with him will appear to be in no respect superior to a boy . " Plato's defini- tion of rhetoric is , " the art of ruling the minds of men . ' The Koran " A ...
Page 74
... sentence by sentence , matter neither better nor worse than what is there printed , will be very impressive to our easily pleased population . These talkers are of that class who prosper , like the celebrated school- master , by being ...
... sentence by sentence , matter neither better nor worse than what is there printed , will be very impressive to our easily pleased population . These talkers are of that class who prosper , like the celebrated school- master , by being ...
Page 88
... sentence or two which hit the mark . His sen- tences are not always finished to the eye , but are finished to the mind . The sentences are involved , but a solid proposition is set forth , a true distinction is drawn . They come from ...
... sentence or two which hit the mark . His sen- tences are not always finished to the eye , but are finished to the mind . The sentences are involved , but a solid proposition is set forth , a true distinction is drawn . They come from ...
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