... yet such an excessive humility, as if he had known nothing, that they frequently resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose... Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters - 109. oldalszerző: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 300 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 oldal
...air ; so that his house was a university bound in a less volume; whither they came not so much for to pass At once far off, and near. Though babbling Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who was a lady of another persuasion... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2007 - 554 oldal
...a purer air; so that his house was a university in a less volume; whither they came not so much for repose as study and to examine and refine those grosser propositions which laziness ar1d consent made current in vulgar conversation." 19 I honour that man whose ambition it is not to... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1839 - 574 oldal
...purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those...laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who was a lady of another persuasion... | |
| Arthur D. Innes - 1914 - 308 oldal
...purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose as study ; and to examine and refine those...laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who was a lady of another persuasion... | |
| 1914 - 750 oldal
..."resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college, situated in a purer air: whither they came, not so much for repose as study, and to examine and refine those grosser propositions which laziness and consent make current in vulgar conversation." For the purpose of this experiment in the promotion of efficiency,... | |
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