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The texts of Emerson reproduced in this volume are based on the last revised edition of each work published during Emerson's lifetime : Nature , Addresses , and Lectures , 1849 ; Essays , revised 1847 and 1850 ; Representative Men ...
The texts of Emerson reproduced in this volume are based on the last revised edition of each work published during Emerson's lifetime : Nature , Addresses , and Lectures , 1849 ; Essays , revised 1847 and 1850 ; Representative Men ...
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Nature is a sea of forms radically alike and even unique . ... The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of natural forms , —the totality of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty “ il pił nell ' uno . ” !
Nature is a sea of forms radically alike and even unique . ... The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of natural forms , —the totality of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty “ il pił nell ' uno . ” !
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Whether nature enjov a substantial existence without , or is only in the apocalypse of the mind , it is alike useful and alike venerable to me . Be it what it may , it is ideal to me so long as I cannot try the accuracy of my senses .
Whether nature enjov a substantial existence without , or is only in the apocalypse of the mind , it is alike useful and alike venerable to me . Be it what it may , it is ideal to me so long as I cannot try the accuracy of my senses .
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Contents
The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 The American Tradition in Literature, Sculley Bradley |
| Editor | Sculley Bradley |
| Publisher | Norton, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1575 pages |
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