 If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown ! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe...  The American Scholar - 71. oldalszerző: Theodore Parker - 1907 - 534 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 oldal
...heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen In the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand...which had been shown ! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. The stars awaken a certain reverence,... | |
 | 1871 - 860 oldal
...could have been nothing to it. THE STABS. — " If the stars," writes Emerson* " should appear only one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations t!ic remembrance of the city of God which had been shown. Bat every night come out these preachers... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 oldal
...hodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand...and light the universe with their admonishing smile. The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are always inaccessible ;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 oldal
...bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand...and light the universe with their admonishing smile. The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are always inaccessible;... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 oldal
...include Homer's wondrous one-lined allurapid, and so calm. " If," says Emerson, " the stars were to appear one night in a thousand years, how would men...generations the remembrance of the city of God which had thus been shown. But night after night come out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with... | |
 | 1848 - 424 oldal
...and it will become strength and grace — not knotted and gnarled — but branching and limber. x. " If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore." Yes, but they would not adore very often. True, and therefore " every night coma out these preachers... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1848 - 878 oldal
...says Emerson, "the stars were to appear one night in a thousand years, howwouldmcn believe andadoro, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had thus been shown. But night after night come out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with... | |
 | 1848 - 916 oldal
...the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they aro I If _tho stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe andadero; and preserve, for m:my generations, the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown... | |
 | 1848 - 636 oldal
...regular, their motions so dignified, so rapid, and so calm. " If," says Emorson, " the stars were to appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adoro, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had thus been shown.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 oldal
...heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand...which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. The stars awaken a certain reverence,... | |
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