Henry D. ThoreauHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 324 páginas "When in 1879, 1 was asked by my friend Charles Dudley Warner to write the biography of Thoreau which follows, I was by no means unprepared. I had known this man of genius for the last seven years of his too short life; had lived in his family, and in the house of his neighbor across the way, Ellery Channing, his most intimate friend outside of that family; and had assisted Channing in the preparation and publication of his Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist, the first full biography which appeared. I received from Mr. Blake ... the correspondence of Thoreau and his college essays, with some other papers of Henry s and his own ... I perceived that the character and genius of Thoreau could not be well understood unless some knowledge was had of the Concord farmers, scholars, and citizens, among whom he had spent his days, and who have furnished a background for that scene of authorship which the small town of Concord has presented for now more than seventy years. Therefore ... I sketched therefrom the character of our interesting community, which gave color and tone to the outlines of this thoughtful scholar s career. ... Much misconception of his character and the facts of his life still prevails; and singular statements have been made in text-books, as to his origin and training. One authority described Thoreau as descended from farmer folk in Connecticut, who were recent immigrants from France. So far as I know, not a single ancestor of his ever dwelt in Connecticut; they were all merchants; and though his Thoreau ancestors spoke French, or a patois of it, in Jersey, there is no evidence that any of them had lived in France for more than five centuries. This initial authentic biography, with its few errors corrected, now comes forth in a new edition, which will long be found useful, in the manner indicated, and I hope, may be received as the earlier edition has been, with all the favor which its modest aim deserves."--From the preface. |
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... beauty and sweetness , Grace Fletcher herself , to whom he yielded his heart at once . From a letter of Webster's to this Concord friend ( Mrs. Louisa Cheney ) I quote this descrip- tion of his native region , which has never been ...
... beauty and sweetness , Grace Fletcher herself , to whom he yielded his heart at once . From a letter of Webster's to this Concord friend ( Mrs. Louisa Cheney ) I quote this descrip- tion of his native region , which has never been ...
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... beauty or her grace : Some humble duties render her sublime , She , the sweet nurse of this New England race , The flower upon the country's sterile face ; The mother of New England's sons , the pride Of every house where those good ...
... beauty or her grace : Some humble duties render her sublime , She , the sweet nurse of this New England race , The flower upon the country's sterile face ; The mother of New England's sons , the pride Of every house where those good ...
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... beauty , or wit , such as now and then glance through the shining halls of cities , and , in great centres of the world's civilization , like Lon- don or Paris , muster - " In solemn troops and sweet societies , " which 72 HENRY D ...
... beauty , or wit , such as now and then glance through the shining halls of cities , and , in great centres of the world's civilization , like Lon- don or Paris , muster - " In solemn troops and sweet societies , " which 72 HENRY D ...
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... beauty . sym- " I have some imagination that you are not so happy and so well housed in your present posi- tion as you would be here amongst us ; although at present there is much hard manual labor , so much that , as you perceive , my ...
... beauty . sym- " I have some imagination that you are not so happy and so well housed in your present posi- tion as you would be here amongst us ; although at present there is much hard manual labor , so much that , as you perceive , my ...
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... beauty those which arise in the mind upon applying our- selves to any particular subject . Hence , could a machine be invented which would instantaneously arrange upon paper each idea as it occurs to us , without any exertion on our ...
... beauty those which arise in the mind upon applying our- selves to any particular subject . Hence , could a machine be invented which would instantaneously arrange upon paper each idea as it occurs to us , without any exertion on our ...
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Página 316 - Flattered to tears this aged man and poor; But no - already had his deathbell rung: The joys of all his life were said and sung: His was harsh penance on St Agnes
Página 269 - But now he's gone aloft. Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft! But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.
Página 146 - This is a good man ; here is nothing for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
Página 213 - My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles...
Página 128 - She will sometimes go about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure; and no one knows for what. She loves to be alone, walking in the fields and groves, and seems to have some one invisible always conversing with her.
Página 181 - Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn...
Página 203 - Dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos Assiduo resonat cantu, tectisque superbis Urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, Arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas.
Página 246 - He saw beneath dim aisles, in odorous beds, The slight Linnaea hang its twin-born heads, And blessed the monument of the man of flowers, Which breathes his sweet fame through the northern bowers. He heard, when in the grove, at intervals, With sudden roar the aged pine-tree falls, — One crash, the death-hymn of the perfect tree, Declares the close of its green century.
Página 208 - ... and the dilapidated fences, which put such an interval between me and the last occupant; the hollow and lichencovered apple trees, gnawed by rabbits, showing what kind of neighbors I should have; but above all, the recollection I had of it from my earliest voyages up the river, when the house was concealed behind a dense grove of red maples, through which I heard the house-dog bark.
Página 205 - God wills us free, Man wills us slaves, I will as God wills : God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years.