 But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things ; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God.  A Book of Golden Thoughts - Sivu 54tekijä(t) Henry Attwell - 1870 - 288 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is 'nflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country; those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten...moment our discourse rises above the ground-line of famih'ar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself in images. A... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on Nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction, and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
 | 1852 - 978 sivua
...brush and canvas, is a very high effort of literary art." " Picturesque language," says Emerson, " is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is in alliance with Truth and God." Specifically of terms renders tortuous circumlocution unnecessary,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; BO thai picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so thai picturesque language is at once a commandinp certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 sivua
...language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on Nature. But wise men pierce this rotten diction, and fasten...and God. The moment our discourse rises above the ground line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted by thought, it clothes itself... | |
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