 ... with the names of artists —Phidias, Raphael, Salvator Rosa— and he speaks always in such a way that it is impossible to connect what he says with any impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact, Emerson has never...  Four Americans: Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman - Side 81af Henry Augustin Beers - 1919 - 90 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1897 - 418 sider
..."These things [the arts], of which Emerson does not know the meaning in real life, he yet uses . . . as symbols to convey ethical truths. The result is...notes which will not strike on a sick piano." The second quality, the quality of temperament, appears as a virtue in Mr. Chapman's sturdy independence... | |
 | John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 264 sider
...impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact, Emerson has never in his life felt the normal appeal of any painting, or any sculpture,...like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano. It is interesting to find that the one art of which Emerson did have a direct understanding, the art... | |
 | John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 276 sider
...impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact, Emerson has never in his life felt the normal appeal of any painting, or any sculpture,...like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano. It is interesting to find that the one art of which Emerson did have a direct understanding, the art... | |
 | 1900 - 782 sider
...garden, by the first-hand quality of his mind." He will tell you, in grotesque figure, that Emerson's books are full of blind places, "like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano,1' but he will also tell you also that "His style is American and beats with pulses of the climate,"... | |
 | 1897 - 902 sider
...impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact. Emerson has never in his life felt the normal appeal of any painting, or any sculpture,...truths. The result is that his books are full of blind Emerson, Sixty Years After. places, like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano. It is interesting... | |
 | John Jay Chapman - 1998 - 244 sider
...impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact, Emerson has never in his life felt the normal appeal of any painting, or any sculpture,...like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano. It is interesting to find that the one art of which Emerson did have a direct understanding, the art... | |
 | 1897 - 946 sider
...impression we have ever received from the works of those masters. In fact, Emerson has never in his life felt the normal appeal of any painting, or any sculpture,...like the notes which will not strike on a sick piano. It is interesting to find that the one art of which Emerson did have a direct understanding, the art... | |
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