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. Essays, Lectures and Orations - Page 196by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
| Stephen Henry Ward - 1853 - 432 pages
...from whom I have just quoted, " the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...exhilaration. Almost, I fear to think how glad I am." The peripatetic is enabled not only to enjoy the broader effects of Nature, but also her more retiring... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...good health; the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow pud- ' dies, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 pages
...occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake bis slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...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...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,... | |
| Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1869 - 112 pages
...influence of the woods ; and the oftener we go, the more kindly is their encouragement. " In the woods a man casts off his years as the snake his slough ; and, at whatever period of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations... | |
| Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 256 pages
...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...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... | |
| 1901 - 1022 pages
...reasonable fullness. But thi* paragraph will give one sample of it : " In good health," he says, " the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off hi» years, as the snake his slough,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...In good health, the ah" is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing p. bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 pages
...presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, — he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs,...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough,... | |
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