 Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year...  Essays - Page 86by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the cun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 248 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich Nautical Almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind." CHAPTER VIII. REVIEW OF MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES OP DIFFERENT BACKS. THE reflective and creative... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...to tell - the hour - by the sun. A Greenwich - nautical-almanac he has, - and - so - being - sure - of the information - when - he wants it. - the man...not know - a star - in the sky. The solstice - he knows - as little : and - the whole bright - calendar - of the year - is - without a dial *• in hia... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so, being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little j and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does hot observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
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