 it is he! it is that very lump of bashfulness and phlegm which for weeks has done nothing but eat when you were by, that now rolls out these words like bell-strokes. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries. Bashful or bold, then, he will...  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 13by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 pages
...voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries.Bashful or bold, then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 1996 - 278 pages
...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries....will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary." This seems the report of a scene Emerson commonly witnesses, and given his time and place it probably... | |
 | Keith Frome, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1996 - 156 pages
...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries....will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. ‘Self'Reliance.' Essays. First Series ‘54', reps: i54y). ... | |
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...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries....will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say... | |
 | Joel Myerson - 2000 - 751 pages
...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room, who spoke so clear and emphatic? Good Heaven! it is he! it is that very lump of bashfulness and...will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say... | |
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...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries....will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say... | |
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...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries....bold then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessar¿ The nonchalance ofboys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...who spoke so clear and emphatic? It seems be knows how to speak to Ms contemporaries. Good Heaven! It is he! it is that very lump of bashfulness and...for weeks has done nothing but eat when you were by, and now rolls out these words like bell-strokes. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries.... | |
 | Gary Gruber - 2005 - 1080 pages
...he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries. Bashful or bold, 10 then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary. The nonchalance of boys who are sure... | |
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