Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. Works - Page 15by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...a cordial of inestimable value. Crossing a bare common in snow-puddles, at twilight, under a cloudy sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1904 - 292 pages
...sincerity. He wishes to be true to the leading impression. " Crossing a bare common," writes Emerson, " in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration." " My sister Emily loved the moors," said Charlotte Bronte. If we wish to know how intense a passion... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. ... In the woods, too, a man easts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of his life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." Also Discipline: "The moral influence... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 138 pages
...FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrenceof special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of... | |
| Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1907 - 396 pages
...SCOTT. And from our fathers reft the land. — SCOTT. XXXVIII Memorize: — IN AND INTO In the woods a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,...always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth— EMERSON. Into the jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell, Rode the six hundred. —TENNYSON. Notice... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...mourning piece. In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. Almost I fear to think how glad I am.s In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...mourning piece. In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. Almost I fear to think how glad I am." In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...mourning piece. In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. Almost I fear to think how glad I am.o In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his... | |
| American Academy of Medicine - 1907 - 550 pages
...Thoreau thought, the student of nature will willingly listen to the following words: "In the woods a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and at what period of life soever, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God... | |
| 1907 - 384 pages
...and moods, or even in presence of great Art. Says Emerson, in Nature : " Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without...perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear." No doubt most of us have had this feeling, mingled with somewhat of a solemn awe which is greater than... | |
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