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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ... - Page 49
1896
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The Essentials of of Our Language: A Guide to Accuracy in the Use of the ...

George W. Rine - 1902 - 290 pages
...Men must have recreation: literature and art furnish that which is most pure, innocent, and refining. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a sort of alienated majesty. The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. Study...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly...
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Essays: First-second Series, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 486 pages
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 466 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.1 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.1 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...every work of genius we recognize our own rejected Jioughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." Great works of art have no more...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.2 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide...
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The Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, i because it is his. Q, Tn every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow...
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Evolution of Expression, Volume 1

Charles Wesley Emerson - 1905 - 138 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. 3. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our...
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