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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 15
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff -like brow ; holding his extraordinary powers in easy control ; clinging to his northern accent with evident relish...anecdote, and with a streaming humor which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the familiar objects, put the companion at...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...with evident relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humor which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the familiar objects, put the companion at once into acquaintance with his Lares and Lemurs, and it was very pleasant to learn what was destined to be a...
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The Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review and Christian Ambassador, Volume 3

1881 - 790 pages
...He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed, and holding his extraordinary power of conversation in easy command, clinging to his northern accent with evident relish. . . . When too much praise of any genius annoyed him, he professed hugely to admire the talent shown...
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Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of Life, 1795-1835, Volume 1

James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 598 pages
...as if holding on his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a clifflike brow, and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation...anecdote, and with a streaming humor which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the most familiar objects, put the companion...
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Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of Life, 1795-1835, Volume 1

James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 812 pages
...if holding on his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation...relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humour which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the most familiar objects,...
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Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of ..., Issue 25, Volume 2

James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 518 pages
...note from Mill. Perhaps their mutual impressions were not dissimilar. gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation...northern accent with evident relish ; full of lively ancedote, and with a streaming humour which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully...
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The Hero as Prophet. Mahomet: Islam Lecture 2: Heroes & Hero Worship

Thomas Carlyle - 1882 - 56 pages
...upon realities."—Rter Bayne. " He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed, and his extraordinary powers of conversation in easy command...northern accent with evident relish; full of lively anecdotes, and with a streaming humor, which floated everything he looked upon."—Salph Waldo Emerson,...
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The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 504 pages
...if holding on his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, selfpossessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humour, which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the familiar objects,...
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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...if holding on his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, . The borrower runs in his own debt. Has a man gained...rendered none? Has he gained by borrowing, through humour, which floated everything he looked upon. His talk playfully exalting the familiar objects,...
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THE WORKS

RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 494 pages
...if holding on his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, selfpossessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humour, which floated everything he looked upon. His talk, playfully exalting the familiar objects,...
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