 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
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 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 he wants it, the man in the street docs not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe, the equinox he knows as little;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 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 he wants it, the man in the street does not kn6w a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 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...impair his memory: his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | 1909 - 540 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...year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books p HCV impair his memory: his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac0 he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not 5 know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little ; and the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...Geneva2 watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac3 he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, 25 the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...be misunderstood. Ibid. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Ibid. » The man in the street does not know a star in the sky. Ibid. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ibid. Everything in Nature contains all the powers... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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 ' ' ' be a question whether machinery does not encumber; whether we have not lost by refinement some... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...Geneva 20 watch, but he has lost his skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when...observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the 25 whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 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...man in the street does not know a star in the sky s» The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar... | |
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