Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year... Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle - Page 40de Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...libraries overload wit, etc. ? What made a man a stoic ? Do you think every stoic was equally stoical ? calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind....lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigor of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic ; but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigor of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic ; but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note -books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and1 the whole bright calendar of the year is without a...insurance office increases the number of accidents ; it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber ; whether wo have not lost by refinement... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he docs not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...insurance office increases the number of accidents ; it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber ; whether we have not lost by refinement... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...; aid the whole bright calendar of the y ear is without a dial in his mind. His note-books irepair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the number of aceden ts ; it may be a question whether machiner' does not encumber ; whether we have not lost ry... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms, some vigour of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but... | |
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