In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed,... Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Página 7de Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 383 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Peter Gay - 1984 - 532 páginas
...wrote in his first essay on Nature, he had found true exhilaration. "In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth." Indeed, he wrote in the second essay, "we nestle in nature." It is our first and unforgettable abode.... | |
| Richard H. Brodhead - 1986 - 196 páginas
...later we enter the woods at last, we arrive by force of analogy: "In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child." The transition from 152 bare commons to the woods is effected by the word "too": "In the woods, too... | |
| Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 384 páginas
...aus dem Zustand der abgestumpften Weltsicht des "Understanding": "In the woods..., a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth."41 An diesem Punkt sei ein Seitenblick gestattet auf eine Äußerung Sigmund Freuds am Anfang... | |
| Sandra Humble Johnson - 1992 - 236 páginas
...rejuvenating powers of the woods, he writes: Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity rein, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees...In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There 1 feel that nothing can befall me in life— no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature... | |
| Larry Luxenberg - 1994 - 276 páginas
...home. Ramblin Rose and Sourdough Bob Elderly and Handicapped Hikers In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. Ralph Waldo Emerson THE GREAT DIVIDE IS SIXTY, ACCORDING TO ROLY MUESER, WHO hiked the trail at sixty-six.... | |
| Russell Reising - 1996 - 396 páginas
...Melville's passage rewrites the oft-noted (and often parodied) passage from early in Emerson's Nature: In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations...tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we feel we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,— no disgrace,... | |
| John Jay Chapman - 1998 - 244 páginas
...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...how he should tire of them in a thousand years.... It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability of particular... | |
| 1998 - 344 páginas
...he hears, however measured, or far away." (Henry David Thoreau) "In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) 4. Have students share their responses in their groups. Then have each student... | |
| William E. Cain - 2000 - 294 páginas
...state of the mind, from breathless noon to grimmest midnight. . . . In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. (Essays and Lectures, 10) In Nature Emerson described the riches that an investment in nature could... | |
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