 O wad ye tak' a thought and mend! " He is a philosopher with philosophers, a naturalist with naturalists, and sufficiently a mathematician to leave some of his readers, now and then, at a long distance behind him, or respectfully skipping to the next...  Lectures and Biographical Sketches - Página 233por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 463 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Plutarch - 1870 - 560 páginas
...of the world to give even the devil his due, and would have hugged Robert Burns, when he cried, " 0 wad ye tak' a thought and mend ! " He is a philosopher...giving things, not words," dryly adding, " it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1874 - 558 páginas
...humanity. A man of society, of affairs; upright, practical; a good son, husband, father, and friend,—he has a taste for common life, and knows the court,...giving things, not words," dryly adding, " it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 472 páginas
...force of morals. Though the most amiable of booncompanions, this generous religion gives him aperfus like Goethe's. Plutarch was well-born, well-taught,...giving things, not words," dryly adding, "it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 434 páginas
...force of morals. Though the most amiable of booncompanions, this generous religion gives him apcrfus like Goethe's. Plutarch was well-born, well-taught,...giving things, not words," dryly adding, " it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 488 páginas
...omniscience of our author engages a new respect, since they hope he understands his own diagram. lIe perpetually suggests Montaigne, who was the best reader...giving things, not words," dryly adding, " it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Plutarch - 1889 - 562 páginas
...tak' a thought and mend ! " He is a philosopher with philosophers, a naturalist with natural ists, and sufficiently a mathematician to leave some of...giving things, not words," dryly adding, " it vexes me that he is so exposed to the spoil of those that are conversant with him." It is one of the felicities... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 606 páginas
...co-perception. Plutarch's memory is full and his horizon wide. Nothing touches man but he feels to be his. ... "Plutarch had a religion which Montaigne wanted, and...plain-spoken, his moral sentiment is always pure. . . . " I do not know where to find a book — to borrow a phrase of Ben Jonson's — 'so rammed with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 páginas
...co-perception. Plutarch's memory is full and his horizon wide. Nothing touches man but he feels to be his. . . . "Plutarch had a religion which Montaigne wanted, and...plain-spoken, his moral sentiment is always pure. . . . "I do not know where to find a book — to borrow a phrase of Ben Jonson's —'so rammed with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 páginas
...Plutarch's memory is full and his horizon wide. Nothing touches man but he feels to be his. . . . ' • Plutarch had a religion which Montaigne wanted, and...plain-spoken, his moral sentiment is always pure. . . . "I do not know where to find a book — to borrow a phrase of Ben Jonson's — 'so rammed with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 páginas
...co-perception. Plutarch's memory is full and his horizon wide. Nothing touches man but he feels to be his. . . . "Plutarch had a religion which Montaigne wanted, and...plain-spoken, his moral sentiment is always pure. . . . "I do not know where to find a book — to borrow a phrase of Ben Jonson's — 'so rammed with... | |
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