 Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.  Essays - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...feed; Hath hid this from you, your conjectures all Are drunken things, not how, bnt when they fall; Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render...good, or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still, And when the stars are laboring we believe It is not that they govern, but they grieve Our stubborn... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...304. 2 Cf. Milton, Par. Lost, Booh ii. Line 804. 4 Cf. Montague, p. 303. JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625. Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Upon an " Honest Man's Fortune." All things that are Made for our general uses are at war, — Even... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...feed ; Hath hid this from you, your conjectures all Are drunken things, not how, but when they fall ; Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render...late. Our acts our Angels are, or good, or ill, Our fatnl shadows that walk by us still, And when the stars are laboring we believe It is not that they... | |
 | 1874 - 602 pages
...Conway's book is entitled " Sanctions." Its general purport is to illustrate the well-known couplet, " Our acts our angels are, or good, or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." J But how far this unseen attendance will follow us, is left obscure. " Let the motive be in the deed,"... | |
 | 1874 - 924 pages
...in vain to reverse or to avert. It is a doom which we make by our own acts. ' Our acts our anfecís 0W ޤX!u { = g T 5 b - . 㸦 ~ ܴ" " Was it that here the preacher's eye rested for a moment on an unexpected bald head which had slowly... | |
 | J. M. Morphis - 1874 - 620 pages
...knowledge of the law of retribution should ever stay the evil-doers' hands, for " Our oats our angeli are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still .'" CHAPTER XL The Policy of the United States towards Texas. — Instructions to the District-Attorneys.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...ADDISON. Thanks to my stars, I have not ranged about The wilds of life ere I could find a friend. ADDISON. Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render...or ill, Our fatal shadows, that walk by us still. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. Though cheats, yet more intelligible Than those that with the stars do fribble.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...only tride : He comes to neere that comes to be denide.8 A Wife. St. 36. JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625. Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Upon an " Honest Man 's Fortune." All things that are Made for our general uses are at war, — Even... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...nature is to be read, than the dissector or the antiquary. SELF-RELIANCE. " Ne te quassiveris extra." " Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render...or ill. Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." JSpilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher' t Honett Man's Fortune. Cast the bartling on the rocks, Suckle... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 pages
...slave of its master. CAPTAIN HOBBES. SELF-EELIANCE. Man is his own star, and the soul that can Bender an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all...too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill. LESSON XXIX. THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM. PART FIBST. Wlck'ets, gate-like frames used in playing cricket.... | |
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