 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
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 páginas
...recluse. He died May 6, 1862. His best book is "Walden." "Few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession ; he never married ;...tobacco ; and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun." — EMERSON. 2. — LEUCISCUS (leu els' cus). A genus of fish, including the chub, minnow,... | |
 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1889 - 260 páginas
..." He was bred to no profession," says Emerson ; " he never married ; he lived alone, he went to no church ; he never voted, he refused to pay a tax to...tobacco ; and though a naturalist, he used neither trap or gun. When asked at dinner what dish he preferred, he answered, ' the nearest.' " He was no... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 494 páginas
...land surveyor, but he followed the profession only when it suited his convenience. He did not marry ; he never went to church ; he never voted ; he refused to pay taxes ; he sought no society ; he declined companions when they were in his way, and when he had anything... | |
 | 1891 - 432 páginas
...land surveyor, but he followed the profession only when it suited his convenience. He did not marry; he never went to church; he never voted ; he refused to pay taxes ; he sought no society ; he declined companions when they were in his way, and, when he had anything... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 páginas
...an ideal foundation. He was a protestant a I'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 the bachelor of thought and Nature. He... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 páginas
...an ideal foundation. He was a protestant a I'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 the bachelor of thought and Nature. He... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 820 páginas
...time in long tramps through the woods, in the study of nature and in writing. Emerson says of him : " He was bred to no profession ; he never married ;...tobacco, and, though a naturalist, he used neither trap nor gun." This " poet naturalist " built with hie own hands a small cabin on the banks of Waiden... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 páginas
...foralf- "The Maine Woodi ;" "Cap, Coil;" "LeUeri la Varm* Penan* ;" and, "A Yanlceein Canada" Thorean WM bred to no profession ; he never married ; he lived...went to church ; he never voted ; he refused to pay a lax to the State ; he ate no flesh, drank no wine, and never know the use of toliarco ; »nd though... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 páginas
...an ideal foundation. He was a protestant a routrance, and few lives contain so many renunciations. He was bred to no profession; he never married; he lived alone; he never went to chujch; he never voted; he refused to pay a tax to the State; he ate no flesh, he drank no wine, he... | |
 | robert louis stevenson - 1895 - 502 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...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... | |
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