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The Peacock Feather: A Romance - Page 83
by Leslie Moore - 1914 - 312 pages
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...the New ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. 50. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...on the New : and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...on the New; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...on the New; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends seems at the moment...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends seems at the moment...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...on the new; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet, the compensations of calamity are made apparent to...understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment...
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