 Had his genius been only contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command ; and I so much regret the loss of his rare powers of action, that I cannot help counting...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Página 305editado por - 1874Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command; and I so much regret...pounding empires one of these days; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans !_/ But these foibles, real or apparent, were fast vanishing in the incessant... | |
 | 1862 - 796 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ahility he seemed born for great enterprise and for command ; and I so much regret...cannot help counting it a fault in him that he had no amhition. Wanting this, instead of engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry-party.... | |
 | 1865 - 476 páginas
...inimitable biographical sketch, introductory to the volume of " Excursions : " the writer there says, " I so much regret the loss of his rare powers of action,...America, he was the captain of a huckleberry party." But what if the berries that filled his pail were of a kind never picked before, from a stock not previously... | |
 | 1865 - 456 páginas
...inimitable biographical sketch, introductory to the volume of " Excursions : " the writer there says, " I so much regret the loss of his rare powers of action,...America, he was the captain of a huckleberry party." But what if the berries that filled his pail were of a kind never picked before, from a stock not previously... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1881 - 774 páginas
...finding new beauties in them almost every day. " Pounding beans," continues Emerson in his quaint way, " is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days ; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans !" How many, think you, believe in this year of grace, that Thoreau's... | |
 | George Stewart - 1882 - 44 páginas
...finding new beauties in them almost every day. " Pounding beans," continues Emerson in his quaint way, " is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days ; but if, at the end of years, it is still only beans !" How many, think you, believe in this year of grace, that Thoreau's... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1883 - 336 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command; and I so much regret...pounding empires one of these days. ; but if, at the 3nd of years, it is still only beans ! But these foibles, real or apparent, were fast vanishing in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 472 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command ; and I so much regret...engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry-party. Pounding beans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days ; but if,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 404 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command ; and I so much regret...engineering for all America, he was the captain of a huckleberry-party. Pounding be.ans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these days ; but if,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 434 páginas
...contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command ; and I so much regret...this, instead of engineering for all America, he was thc captain of a huekleberry-party. Pounding beans is good to the end of pounding empires one of these... | |
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