The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 81
... rule me any day , and make me love my ruler . Thus it is not powers of speech that we pri- marily consider under this word eloquence , but the power that being present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a ...
... rule me any day , and make me love my ruler . Thus it is not powers of speech that we pri- marily consider under this word eloquence , but the power that being present , gives them their per- fection , and being absent , leaves them a ...
Page 87
... rule something , and the lawyers saved their rogue under the fog of a definition . The parts were so well cast and discriminated that it was an interesting game to watch . The government was well enough represented . It was stupid , but ...
... rule something , and the lawyers saved their rogue under the fog of a definition . The parts were so well cast and discriminated that it was an interesting game to watch . The government was well enough represented . It was stupid , but ...
Page 110
... rule holds for all . We must not make believe with our money , but spend heartily , and buy up and not down . I am afraid that , so considered , our houses will not be found to have unity and to express the best thought . The household ...
... rule holds for all . We must not make believe with our money , but spend heartily , and buy up and not down . I am afraid that , so considered , our houses will not be found to have unity and to express the best thought . The household ...
Page 139
... rule is that the earth shall feed and clothe him ; and he must wait for his crop to grow . ' His entertainments , his liber- ties and his spending must be on a farmer's scale , and not on a merchant's . It were as false for farmers to ...
... rule is that the earth shall feed and clothe him ; and he must wait for his crop to grow . ' His entertainments , his liber- ties and his spending must be on a farmer's scale , and not on a merchant's . It were as false for farmers to ...
Page 157
... rule ; a practised mechanic will measure by his thumb and his arm with equal precision ; and a good surveyor sixteen rods more accurately will pace than another man can measure them by tape.2 The sympathy of eye and hand by which an ...
... rule ; a practised mechanic will measure by his thumb and his arm with equal precision ; and a good surveyor sixteen rods more accurately will pace than another man can measure them by tape.2 The sympathy of eye and hand by which an ...
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