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: First Series - Página 72por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information...equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright 45, 46. What else has the civilized man lost besides endurance ? What has he gained ? Which is better,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 páginas
...skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure ESSAY II. of the information when he wants it, the man in the...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... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 páginas
...got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so, being sure of the information...man in the street does not know a star in the sky.' — Essay ii., pp. 85, 86. Bring back, say we, the magicians, astrologers, alchymists, and scribes... | |
| 1842 - 740 páginas
...got a fine Geneva watch, but he hailost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich uautical almanac he has, and so, being sure of the information when he want* it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky.' — Essay ii., pp. 85, 86. Bring... | |
| 1848 - 614 páginas
...got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information...does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and1 the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impair his... | |
| 1851 - 650 páginas
...Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanack he has, and so, being sure of the information when...man in the street does not know a star in the sky." " His note-books impair his memory ; and it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 páginas
...watch, but he has lost 1848.] EMERSON. the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information...street 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... | |
| 1848 - 636 páginas
...tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nsuticsl almanac he has, and so being sure of the -hfomation when he wants it, the man in the street does not know...does not observe : the equinox he knows as little ; aid the whole bright calendar of the y ear is without a dial in his mind. His note-books irepair... | |
| Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 248 páginas
...got a fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich Nautical Almanac he has, and so being sure of the information...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind." CHAPTER VIII. REVIEW OF MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES OP DIFFERENT BACKS. THE reflective and creative... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 páginas
...watch, - but - he has lost - the skill to tell - the hour - by the sun. A Greenwich - nautical-almanac he has, - and - so - being - sure - of the information...not know - a star - in the sky. The solstice - he knows - as little : and - the whole bright - calendar - of the year - is - without a dial *• in hia... | |
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