Emerson at Home and AbroadJ. R. Osgood, 1882 - 383 páginas |
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... look after besides flowers . " " Nay , " rejoined Priscilla , " but we need not trample down any beautiful gift of God's earth . Look at it , Captain ; it is fragrant as well as pretty ; and is it not a sturdy little soldier too ...
... look after besides flowers . " " Nay , " rejoined Priscilla , " but we need not trample down any beautiful gift of God's earth . Look at it , Captain ; it is fragrant as well as pretty ; and is it not a sturdy little soldier too ...
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... looks as if he had not quite kept Lord Bacon's prescription for health , " Never to do anything contrary to your genius , " for Emerson went South for his health , and probably his first public sermon was given in Charleston , which ...
... looks as if he had not quite kept Lord Bacon's prescription for health , " Never to do anything contrary to your genius , " for Emerson went South for his health , and probably his first public sermon was given in Charleston , which ...
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... look so , " said Father Taylor ; " but I am sure of one thing , if Emerson goes to hell he will change the climate there , and emigration will se that way . " IN VII . DISAPPROBATION . N June , 1832 , 66 EMERSON AT HOME AND ABROAD .
... look so , " said Father Taylor ; " but I am sure of one thing , if Emerson goes to hell he will change the climate there , and emigration will se that way . " IN VII . DISAPPROBATION . N June , 1832 , 66 EMERSON AT HOME AND ABROAD .
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... brother William he became my teacher ; but he was so shy , and I was so shy , we would sit at a table , and he did not dare to look at me , nor I to speak to him . So we had a hard time of it till one A LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN . 87.
... brother William he became my teacher ; but he was so shy , and I was so shy , we would sit at a table , and he did not dare to look at me , nor I to speak to him . So we had a hard time of it till one A LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN . 87.
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... look at this grave ? " " Americans , sir , " was the pew - opener's reply . In the cab , Emerson said , " Perhaps nobody has so poor an opinion of my books as I have myself . " " That seems to me very likely , " answered Allingham with ...
... look at this grave ? " " Americans , sir , " was the pew - opener's reply . In the cab , Emerson said , " Perhaps nobody has so poor an opinion of my books as I have myself . " " That seems to me very likely , " answered Allingham with ...
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