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" Cambridge, some thirty years ago, was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and its inspiration. What crowded and breathless aisles, what windows clustering with... "
Emerson: And Other Essays - Page 20
by John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 247 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 101

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 pages
...thirty years ago, was an event without anyTormer parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent! It was our Yankee version of a lecture by Abelard, our Harvard parallel to the last public appearances...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor)., Volume 18

1882 - 972 pages
...describes it as " an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! " A course of lectures on Human Life was delivered in the following winter ; and, indeed, Emerson...
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The North British Review, Volume 47

1867 - 672 pages
...unprecedented in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and inspiration. What crowded and breathless aisles, what...of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! It was our Yankee version of a lecture by Abelard. our Harvard parallel to the last public appearance...
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My Study Windows

James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 pages
...thirty years ago, was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! It was our Yankee version of a lecture by Abelard, our Harvard parallel to the last public appearances...
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My Study Windows

James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 pages
...annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and its inspiration. AVhat crowded and breathless aisles, what windows clustering...of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! It was our Yankee version of a lecture by Abelard, our Harvard parallel to the last public appearances...
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The Church Quarterly Review, Volume 27

1889 - 532 pages
...for its picturesqueness and inspiration. What crowded and breathless aisles, what windows clustered with eager heads, what enthusiasm of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! ' This once famous lecture on the American scholar sums up a large portion of Emerson's subsequent...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy

George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 416 pages
...this lecture "was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...enthusiasm of approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent!"2 In December he began a course of lectures on Human Life. There was an introductory and a...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy

George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 406 pages
...this lecture "was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...windows clustering with eager heads, what enthusiasm pf approval, what grim silence of foregone dissent ! " » ' In December he began a course of lectures...
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Alph Waldo Emerson

Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 130 pages
...this lecture "was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...with eager heads, what enthusiasm of approval, what silence of foregone dissent!" His HOME AND FRIENDS. George William Curtis, an accomplished author and...
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In Memoriam. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Recollections of His Visits to England in ...

Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 214 pages
...this lecture "was an event without any former parallel in our literary annals, a scene to be always treasured in the memory for its picturesqueness and...with eager heads, what enthusiasm of approval, what silence • of foregone dissent 1 " His HOME AND FRIENDS. George William Curtis, an accomplished author...
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