The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation with magazines of facts . The capital defect of cold ...
... turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation with magazines of facts . The capital defect of cold ...
Page 27
... turn- ing his wheel ; the river is good - natured , and never hints an objection . We had letters to send : couriers could not go fast enough nor far enough ; broke their wagons , foundered their horses ; bad roads in spring ...
... turn- ing his wheel ; the river is good - natured , and never hints an objection . We had letters to send : couriers could not go fast enough nor far enough ; broke their wagons , foundered their horses ; bad roads in spring ...
Page 31
... turns out . I see the vast advantages of this country , spanning the breadth of the temperate zone . I see the immense material prosperity , towns on towns , states on states , and wealth piled in the massive architecture of cities ...
... turns out . I see the vast advantages of this country , spanning the breadth of the temperate zone . I see the immense material prosperity , towns on towns , states on states , and wealth piled in the massive architecture of cities ...
Page 62
... turn exhibits similar symptoms , -redness in the face , volubility , violent gesticu- lation , delirious attitudes , occasional stamping , an alarming loss of perception of the passage of time , a selfish enjoyment of his sensations ...
... turn exhibits similar symptoms , -redness in the face , volubility , violent gesticu- lation , delirious attitudes , occasional stamping , an alarming loss of perception of the passage of time , a selfish enjoyment of his sensations ...
Page 66
... turn . If any- thing comic and coarse is spoken , you shall see the emergence of the boys and rowdies , so loud and vivacious that you might think the house was filled with them . If new topics are started , graver and higher , these ...
... turn . If any- thing comic and coarse is spoken , you shall see the emergence of the boys and rowdies , so loud and vivacious that you might think the house was filled with them . If new topics are started , graver and higher , these ...
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