Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With Annotations, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1909 - American literature Designed by Bruce Rogers. 1. 1820-1824 -- 2. 1824-1832 -- 3. 1833-1835 -- 4. 1836-1838 -- 5. 1838-1841 -- 6. 1841-1844 -- 7. 1845-1848 -- 8. 1849-1855 -- 9. 1856-1863 -- 10. 1864-1876. |
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... sublime and awful images , and nothing mean and disgusting was attributed to his character . It were needless to repeat that Cæsar found the German nations without idols , deeming it unworthy to build a house for him that made the ...
... sublime and awful images , and nothing mean and disgusting was attributed to his character . It were needless to repeat that Cæsar found the German nations without idols , deeming it unworthy to build a house for him that made the ...
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... sublime con- templation till it has lost the sense of circum- stances , and is decking itself in plumage drawn out from the gay wardrobe of Fancy , is a recre- ation and a rapture of which few men can avail JOURNAL IV 1820-21.
... sublime con- templation till it has lost the sense of circum- stances , and is decking itself in plumage drawn out from the gay wardrobe of Fancy , is a recre- ation and a rapture of which few men can avail JOURNAL IV 1820-21.
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... sublime pur- poses for an unknown state ( of which all that is seen is appalling ) ; perhaps for a gloomy sleep ? Is it good to be forced away against our will and through extreme suffering , from the vital body , and give up that organ ...
... sublime pur- poses for an unknown state ( of which all that is seen is appalling ) ; perhaps for a gloomy sleep ? Is it good to be forced away against our will and through extreme suffering , from the vital body , and give up that organ ...
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