 He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he rested on, until the bird, the reptile, the fish, which had retired from him, should come back and resume its habits, — nay, moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him.  Henry D. Thoreau - 256. oldalszerző: Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1882 - 324 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 oldal
...or in any world.” The other weapon with which he conquered all obstacles in science was patience. He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he...moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him. It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed... | |
 | 1887 - 732 oldal
...habitual patience and immobility. Emerson tells us that " he knew liow to sit immovable, a part of ihe rock he rested on, until the bird, the reptile, the...retired from him, should come back and resume its habite, nay, moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him. " Of all such stories of strange... | |
 | Henry S. Salt - 1888 - 264 oldal
...hood. Much the same is recorded of Thoreau's habitual patience and immobility. Emerson tells us that "he knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock...moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him." Of all - such stories of strange sympathy between men w and the lower animals none are so beautiful... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 oldal
...noble—who advances Freedom, and the Cause of Man!—Swain. ble—a part of the rock he rested on—until the bird, the reptile, the fish, which had retired from him, should come back and resume its habits,—nay, moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him.—Emerson. 7. Gorgeous she entered... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 oldal
...and the Cause of Man!—Swain. ble—a part of the rock he rested on—until the bird, the l'eptile, the fish, which had retired from him, should come back and resume its habits,—nay, moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him.—Emerson. 7. Gorgeous she entered... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 oldal
...world, or in any world." The other weapon with which he conquered all obstacles in science was patience. He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he...moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him. It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 oldal
...world, or in any world." The other weapon with which he conquered all obstacles in science was patience. He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he...moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him. It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1896 - 310 oldal
...drawn a woodchuck from its hole by the tail and to have caught a fish in the lake with only his hand. " He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he rested on," so Emerson tells us, " until the bird, the reptile, the fish, which had retired from him, should come... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1896 - 270 oldal
...drawn a woodchuck from its hole by the tail and to have caught a fish in the lake with only his hand. " He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he rested on," so Emerson tells us, "until the bird, the reptile, the fish, which had retired from him, should come... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1898 - 462 oldal
...world, or in any world." The other weapon with which he conquered all obstacles in science was patience. He knew how to sit immovable, a part of the rock he...moved by curiosity, should come to him and watch him. It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed... | |
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