Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... tion of some poems which were omitted in that se- lection , and some that have remained unpublished . In many instances emendations which were pen- cilled in the margin by Mr. Emerson , but were not adopted in the " Selected Poems ...
... tion of some poems which were omitted in that se- lection , and some that have remained unpublished . In many instances emendations which were pen- cilled in the margin by Mr. Emerson , but were not adopted in the " Selected Poems ...
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... tion , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mount- ing a coach with a ship - load of men , animals , and merchandise behind him , he darts through the country , from town to town , like an eagle or a swallow through the air . By the ...
... tion , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mount- ing a coach with a ship - load of men , animals , and merchandise behind him , he darts through the country , from town to town , like an eagle or a swallow through the air . By the ...
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... tion , and grouping . This seems partly owing to the eye itself . The eye is the best of artists . By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of ...
... tion , and grouping . This seems partly owing to the eye itself . The eye is the best of artists . By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of ...
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... tion of a fact in intellectual philosophy , or in any way associated to human nature , affects us in the most lively and agreeable manner . The seed of a plant , — to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit ...
... tion of a fact in intellectual philosophy , or in any way associated to human nature , affects us in the most lively and agreeable manner . The seed of a plant , — to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit ...
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... tion , these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river ...
... tion , these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river ...
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