 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...  Twelve Essays - Page 69by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...watch, - but - he has lost - the skill to tell - the hour - by the sun. A Greenwich - nautical-almanac he has, - and - so - being - sure - of the information...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...support of muscle. He has got a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so, being...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
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does armies sent against Napoleon, when he approached, cast down their colors and from enemies became friends,... | |
 | 1879 - 358 pages
...line Geneva watch, but he 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...man in the street does not know a star in the sky. * * * His notebooks impair his memory ; his libraries overload bis wit. * * * Every stoic was a stoic;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...wants it, the man in the street does not know a star iu the sky. The solstice he does not observe , the equinox lie knows as little ; and the •whole bright... | |
 | 1880 - 376 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. This is surely true. This kind of knowledge we have in a great measure lost, and shall probably never... | |
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