The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 10
... better understanding , and as if for our understanding , that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten , that he only meant we should live by his commandment . He closed his discourse with these explanatory expressions ...
... better understanding , and as if for our understanding , that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten , that he only meant we should live by his commandment . He closed his discourse with these explanatory expressions ...
Page 56
... Better evidence could not be desired of the rapid growth of the settlement . The check was but momentary . The earth teemed with fruits . The people on the bay built ships , and found the way to the West Indies , with pipe - staves ...
... Better evidence could not be desired of the rapid growth of the settlement . The check was but momentary . The earth teemed with fruits . The people on the bay built ships , and found the way to the West Indies , with pipe - staves ...
Page 67
... better sermon of the two . It was also his last.2 ― I The planting of the colony was the effect of religious principle . The Revolution was the fruit of another principle , the devouring thirst for justice . From the appearance of the ...
... better sermon of the two . It was also his last.2 ― I The planting of the colony was the effect of religious principle . The Revolution was the fruit of another principle , the devouring thirst for justice . From the appearance of the ...
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... better badge than stars and ribbons . This prospering country is your ornament , and this expanding nation is multiplying your praise with millions of tongues . ' The agitating events of those days were duly remembered in the church ...
... better badge than stars and ribbons . This prospering country is your ornament , and this expanding nation is multiplying your praise with millions of tongues . ' The agitating events of those days were duly remembered in the church ...
Page 103
... better than the buckra , or white , his choice of two boxes , a big and a little one . The black man was greedy , and chose the largest . " The buckra box was full up with pen , paper and whip , and the negro box with hoe and bill ; and ...
... better than the buckra , or white , his choice of two boxes , a big and a little one . The black man was greedy , and chose the largest . " The buckra box was full up with pen , paper and whip , and the negro box with hoe and bill ; and ...
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