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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Recollections of His Visits to England in 1833, 1847-8, 1872-3, and Extracts from Unpublished Letters (Paperback)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Recollections of His Visits to England in 1833, 1847-8, 1872-3, and Extracts from Unpublished Letters (Paperback)
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RECOLLECTIONS Emerson's Visits To England In 1833, 1847-8, And
1872-3. It was in the month of August, 1833?nearly fifty years
ago?that I had the singular good fortune to make the acquaintance
of Mr. Emerson, and to enjoy the privilege of several days'
intercourse with him. I was then residing in Edinburgh, my native
city, and he was on his way home, after his first visit to Europe.
He had with him a letter of introduction to a friend of mine, who,
luckily for me, was then so much engaged in professional duties,
that he was unable to spare even a few hours to do the honours of
the old Scottish metropolis; so the young American traveller was
handed over to me, and I thus became "an entertainer of angels
unawares." In those early days Mr. Emerson was about thirty years
of age, andhis name was then utterly unknown in the world of
letters; for the period to which I refer was anterior, by several
years, to his delivery of those remarkable addresses which took by
surprise the most thoughtful of his countrymen, as well as of
cultivated English readers. Neither had he published any of those
addresses or essays which afterwards stamped him as the most
original thinker in America. On Sunday, the 18th of August, 1833, I
heard him deliver a discourse in the Unitarian Chapel, Young
Street, Edinburgh, and I remember distinctly the effect which it
produced on his hearers. It is almost needless to say that nothing
like it had ever been heard by them before, and many of them did
not know what to make of it. The originality of his thoughts, the
consummate beauty of the language in which they were clothed, the
calm dignity of his bearing, the absence of all oratorical effort,
and the singular directness and simplicity of his manner, free from
the least shadow of dogmatic assumption, made a d...
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Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
September 2010 |
Authors: |
Alexander Ireland
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Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
124 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-162-93648-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-162-93648-7 |
Barcode: |
9781162936482 |
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