 A boy is in the parlor what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by, he tries and sentences them on their merits, in the swift, summary way of boys, as good, bad, interesting,...  The Lover's Seat: Kathemérina; Or, Common Things in Relation to Beauty ... - Page 340by Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society! — independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him ; he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society ! Independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him ; he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by Ms consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...human nature. A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him : he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...the healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him : he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society ! independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him; he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him : he does not court you. But a man is, as it were, clapped into gaol by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or spoken... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. - But a man is, as it were, clapped into gaol by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...human nature. A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...verdict. You must court him : he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...human nature. A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by, he tries and sentences them on then- merits, in the swift, summary way of boys, as good, bad, interesting, silly, eloquent, troublesome.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...human nature. A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts...bad, interesting, silly, eloquent, troublesome. He cumber? himself never about consequences, about interests : ho gives an independent, genuine verdict.... | |
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