 He was bred to no profession ; he never married ; he lived alone ; he never went to church ; he never voted ; he refused to pay a tax to the State ; he ate no flesh, he drank no wine, he never knew the use of tobacco ; and, though a naturalist, he used...  A Manual of American Literature - Página 330editado por - 1909 - 493 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1925 - 360 páginas
...nature, but was all improved and sharpened to a point. "He was bred to no profession," says Emerson; "he never married; he lived alone; he never went to...tobacco; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun. When asked at dinner what dish he preferred, he answered, ' the nearest.' " So many negative... | |
 | Walter Roy Harding - 1964 - 138 páginas
...negative note: He [Thoreau] was a protestant a outrance, and few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession, he never married; he...tobacco; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun. ... It cost him nothing to say No; indeed he found it much easier than to say Yes. It... | |
 | 1894 - 76 páginas
...friend Emerson's rather famous characterization of him: " Few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession ;he never married ; he...tobacco ; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap norgiJn"—moreover he seems not to have cared for fame and only two of his books were published... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - 1994 - 304 páginas
...exercise. It cost him nothing to say No; indeed he found it much easier than to say Yes."8(i Thoreau never married. He lived alone. He never went to church....never voted. He refused to pay a tax to the state. He stood for the abolition of slavery, of tariffs, and almost of government. His quest for the so-called... | |
 | Morris B. Kaplan - 1997 - 310 páginas
...an ideal foundation. He was a protestant a la oufranre, and few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession; he never married; he...tobacco; and though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun.35 Having established the distance between Thoreau and his own society, Emerson goes on... | |
 | Richard Francis - 1997 - 286 páginas
...eulogistic funeral eulogy, the "protestant à outrance" whose life contained so many renunciations: "He was bred to no profession; he never married; he...tobacco; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun."6 The Fruitlanders could rival this catalogue of negatives, renunciations, and refusals.... | |
 | Morris B. Kaplan - 1997 - 310 páginas
...no ptofession: he nevet mattied; he lived alone; he nevet went to chutch: he nevet voted; he tefused to pay a tax to the state; he ate no flesh, he dtank no wine, he nevet knew the use of tobacco; and though a natutalist, he used neithet ttap not... | |
 | Franco Ferrarotti - 2007 - 374 páginas
...serious reservations: "He was a protestant a outrance, and few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession; he never married; he...tobacco; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun. He chose, wisely no doubt for himself, to be bachelor of thought and Nature. He had no... | |
 | Robert Vare - 2008 - 689 páginas
...was hred to no professton; he neyer married; he liyed alone; he neyer went to church. he neyer yoted; he refused to pay a tax to the State; he ate no llesh, he drank no wine, he neyer knew the use of tohacco; and, though a natoralist, he used neither... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 57 páginas
...on an ideal foundation. He was a protestant h outrance, and few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession; he never married; he...tobacco ; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun.1 He chose, wisely no doubt for himself, to be the bachelor of thought and Nature. He... | |
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