The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes. In Ten Volumes, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1893 |
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... less and leaves me freer . " 1 We have quoted from the judgments of Alcott and Lowell on the book because one is curious to know how the contemporaries of Thoreau regarded his work ; later critics have the advantage and disadvantage of ...
... less and leaves me freer . " 1 We have quoted from the judgments of Alcott and Lowell on the book because one is curious to know how the contemporaries of Thoreau regarded his work ; later critics have the advantage and disadvantage of ...
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... less numbers . The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely ; but as fishing has been styled “ a contemplative man's recreation , " introducing him profitably to woods and water , so the fruit ...
... less numbers . The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely ; but as fishing has been styled “ a contemplative man's recreation , " introducing him profitably to woods and water , so the fruit ...
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... less civil , is the more natural . It does well hold the earth together . It gets laughed at because it is a small town , I know , but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day , for fair winds and foul blow right ...
... less civil , is the more natural . It does well hold the earth together . It gets laughed at because it is a small town , I know , but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day , for fair winds and foul blow right ...
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... less have I seen such strong and wilderness tints on any poet's string . ) These modern ingenious sciences and arts do not affect me as those more venerable arts of hunting and fishing , and even of husbandry in its primitive and simple ...
... less have I seen such strong and wilderness tints on any poet's string . ) These modern ingenious sciences and arts do not affect me as those more venerable arts of hunting and fishing , and even of husbandry in its primitive and simple ...
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... less religion than formerly . If the ligature is found to be loos- ened in one part , it is only drawn the tighter in another . You can hardly convince a man of an error in a lifetime , but must content yourself with the 80 A WEEK.
... less religion than formerly . If the ligature is found to be loos- ened in one part , it is only drawn the tighter in another . You can hardly convince a man of an error in a lifetime , but must content yourself with the 80 A WEEK.
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Página 502 - Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...
Página 18 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Página 92 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Página 160 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Página 460 - I hearing get, who had but ears, And sight, who had but eyes before; I moments live, who lived but years, And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore.
Página 233 - Camelot ; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
Página 130 - And who, in time, knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident May come refined with th
Página 60 - A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Página 231 - As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heaven the welkin burns.
Página 392 - And more to lulle him in his slumber soft, A trickling streame from high rock tumbling downe, And ever-drizling raine upon the loft, Mixt with a murmuring winde, much like the sowne Of swarming Bees, did cast him in a swowne. No other noyse, nor peoples troublous cryes, As still are wont t...