 We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic Temple (I think it was), through the crisp winter night, and listen to that thrilling voice of his, so charged with subtle meaning and subtle music, as shipwrecked men on a raft to the hail of a ship...  Emerson: A Lecture - Page 22by Augustine Birrell - 1903 - 50 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - 1868 - 538 lehte
...were at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Tyler. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia ? At any rate, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia? At any rate, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia? At any rate,, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1897 - 536 lehte
...record of the impression produced upon him by the first course of lectures delivered by Emerson : — " We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...subtle music, as shipwrecked men on a raft to the hail o£ a ship that came with unhoped-for food and rescue. Cynics might say what they liked. Did our own... | |
 | 1882 - 404 lehte
...Olympian entertainment as that which he gave them. gantes Russell Ltrwell, in the Nation^ Nov. 12, 1868. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...raft to the hail of a ship that came with unhoped-for ood and rescue. Cynics might say what they 'iked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 454 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...so charged with subtle meaning and subtle music, as sjiipw^cked men on a raft to the hail of a ship that nhoped-for food and rescue. Cynics might T liked.... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1897 - 554 lehte
...record of the impression produced upon him by the first course of lectures delivered by Emerson : — " We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia ? At any rate, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1887 - 380 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...rescue. Cynics might say what they liked. Did our imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia ? At any rate, he brought us life, which,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 408 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia? At any rate, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 408 lehte
...at the cost of our recollection of Mr. Emerson's first lectures during the consulate of Van Buren. We used to walk in from the country to the Masonic...they liked. Did our own imaginations transfigure dry remainder-biscuit into ambrosia? At any rate, he brought us life, which, on the whole, is no bad thing.... | |
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