Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design , to give man , in the heavenly bodies , the perpetual presence ...
... stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design , to give man , in the heavenly bodies , the perpetual presence ...
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... , and which Homer or Shakspeare could not re - form for me in words ? The leafless trees become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their back- ground , and the stars of the dead calices of BEAUTY . 23.
... , and which Homer or Shakspeare could not re - form for me in words ? The leafless trees become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their back- ground , and the stars of the dead calices of BEAUTY . 23.
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. ground , and the stars of the dead calices of flow- ers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute mu- sic . The inhabitants of cities suppose ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. ground , and the stars of the dead calices of flow- ers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute mu- sic . The inhabitants of cities suppose ...
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... stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly hunted , be- come shows merely , and mock us with their unreal- ity . Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' t is mere tinsel ; it will not please as when ...
... stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly hunted , be- come shows merely , and mock us with their unreal- ity . Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' t is mere tinsel ; it will not please as when ...
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... stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hun- dred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep ...
... stars of heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hun- dred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep ...
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