 I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.  American Literature - Page 261by Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 550 pages
...up, such paltry information as we get, the oracles woidd distinctly inform us how this might be done. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...paltry information as we get, the oracles would distinctly inform . *r*\ us how this might be done. x/ยป I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts 7>1 lite, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover... | |
 | 1891 - 424 pages
...went to the woods because l wished to live deliberately, to front only the essuntial facts ut' lit'e, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not. wlicn l camc to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not lit'e, living... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1896 - 310 pages
...tells us, "because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Some of the readers of " Walden " did not seize the point of this declaration. Whittier wrote to a... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 pages
...than many words about him. He thus gives his reasons for going to live in the woods by Walden Pond: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...[From A Week on the Concord, etc., " Friday." The text is that of the first edition.] PERSONAL AIMS I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...[From A Week on the Concord, etc., " Friday." The text is that of the first edition.] PERSONAL AIMS I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck... | |
 | Hattie Tyng Griswold - 1898 - 398 pages
...and in 1845 he built a cabin on Walden Pond, and retired to it. The reason he gave was "because he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if he could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when he came to die, discover that he had not lived."... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 pages
...up, such paltry information as we get, the oracles would distinctly inform us how this might be done. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck... | |
 | 1900 - 874 pages
...and wrote his open-air essays. In the one entitled, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," he says: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...came to die, discover that I had not lived. ... I wanted to live deep, and suck out all the marrow of life; to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to... | |
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