Earth, as it was made forever and ever, — to be the dwelling of man we say, — so Nature made it, and man may use it if he can. Man was not to be associated with it. It was Matter, vast, terrific, — not his Mother Earth that we have heard of, not... The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Página 94de Henry David Thoreau - 1894Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1902 - 902 páginas
...material of their work. This was that Earth of which we have heard, made out of Chaos and Old Night. . . . Man was not to be associated with it. It was Matter,...there — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate." How responsive is he also to the sights and sounds of the forest ; the thunder storm, the falling of... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1864 - 344 páginas
...arable, nor waste-land. It was the fresh and natural surface of the planet Earth, as it was made for ever and ever, — to be the dwelling of man, we say, —...— the home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place for heathenism and superstitious... | |
| Charles Alden John Farrar - 1880 - 250 páginas
...which we have heard, made out of Chaos and Old Night. Here was no man's garden, but the unhandselled globe. It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor...— the home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place for heathenism and superstitious... | |
| 1910 - 906 páginas
...pictures? As Thoreau writes : "This was that Earth of which we have heard, made out of Chaos and Old Night. Man was not to be associated with it. It was matter,...there — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate." Photograph by K. W . 1'routy WESTERLY END OF PLATEAU, MT. KATAHDIN, SHOWING SNOW DRIFTS JUNE 3, 1908... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1884 - 384 páginas
...use it if he can. Man was not to be associated with it. It was Matter, vast, terrific, — not hie Mother Earth that we have heard of, not for him to...— the home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place for heathenism and superstitious... | |
| Charles Alden John Farrar - 1884 - 252 páginas
...the dwelling of man we say, — so Nature made it, and man may use it if he can. Man was not to bo associated with it. It was Matter, vast, terrific,...— no, it were being too familiar even to let his hones lie there, — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a... | |
| 1886 - 528 páginas
...the dwelling of man, we say, — so Nature made it, and man may use it if he can. Man was not to bo associated with it. It was Matter, vast, terrific,...— the home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place for heathenism and superstitious... | |
| Paul Elmer More - 1904 - 272 páginas
...not seen pure Nature, ' ' he says, ' ' unless we have seen her thus vast and drear and inhuman. . . . Man was not to be associated with it. It was matter,...there, — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate." After reading Byron's invocation to the Alps as the palaces of Nature; or the ethereal mountain scenes... | |
| Paul Elmer More - 1904 - 274 páginas
...have not seen pure Nature," he says, " unless we have seen her thus vast and drear and inhuman. . . . Man was not to be associated with it. It was matter,...there, — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate." After reading Byron's invocation to the Alps as the palaces of Nature; or the ethereal mountain scenes... | |
| James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - 1915 - 518 páginas
...have not seen pure Nature," he says, "unless we have seen her thus vast and drear and inhuman. . . . Man was not to be associated with it. It was matter,...there, — the home, this, of Necessity and Fate." After reading Byron's invocation to the Alps as the palaces of Nature; or the ethereal mountain scenes... | |
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