Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 4
... give fifty guineas to the man that would swear it was a Domenichino . " I was more curious to see his library , but Mr. H- , one of the guests , told me that Mr. Landor gives away his books , and has never more than a dozen at a time in ...
... give fifty guineas to the man that would swear it was a Domenichino . " I was more curious to see his library , but Mr. H- , one of the guests , told me that Mr. Landor gives away his books , and has never more than a dozen at a time in ...
Page 8
... give to every son of Adam bread to eat , and supplies his wants to the next house . But here are thousands of acres which might give them all meat , and nobody to bid these poor Irish go to the moor and till it . They burned the stacks ...
... give to every son of Adam bread to eat , and supplies his wants to the next house . But here are thousands of acres which might give them all meat , and nobody to bid these poor Irish go to the moor and till it . They burned the stacks ...
Page 9
... give a tone of honour to the community . I am told that things are boasted of in the second class of society there , which , in England , —God knows , are done in England every day , but would never be spoken of . America I wish to know ...
... give a tone of honour to the community . I am told that things are boasted of in the second class of society there , which , in England , —God knows , are done in England every day , but would never be spoken of . America I wish to know ...
Page 12
... give advantage , but a symmetry that reaches as far as to the wit . Then the miracle and renown begin . Then first we care to examine the pedigree , and copy heedfully the training — what food they ate , what nursing , school , and ...
... give advantage , but a symmetry that reaches as far as to the wit . Then the miracle and renown begin . Then first we care to examine the pedigree , and copy heedfully the training — what food they ate , what nursing , school , and ...
Page 24
... gives new resources to existing proprietors . A sporting Duke may fancy that the state depends on the House of Lords , but the engineer sees that every stroke of the steam - piston gives value to the Duke's land , fills it with tenants ...
... gives new resources to existing proprietors . A sporting Duke may fancy that the state depends on the House of Lords , but the engineer sees that every stroke of the steam - piston gives value to the Duke's land , fills it with tenants ...
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