 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
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1904 - 280 pages
...to be true to the leading impression. " Crossing a bare common," writes Emerson, " in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...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
...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... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 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,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 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...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 slough, and at what period soever... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 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...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 slough, and at what period soever... | |
 | 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
...even in presence of great Art. Says Emerson, in Nature : " 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." No doubt most of us have had this feeling, mingled with somewhat of... | |
 | Ernest Albert Baker - 1908 - 316 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,... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1915 - 416 pages
...should be read by any who would first see and then describe. " Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in...good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration." Form and dimension. Form and dimension are aspects of the same subject matter which may be described... | |
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