Ralph Waldo Emerson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 403 pages of information about Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ralph Waldo Emerson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 403 pages of information about Ralph Waldo Emerson.

  Ripley, George: 
    a party, 149;
    The Dial, 159;
    Brook Farm, 164-166;
    on Emerson’s limitations, 380.

  Robinson, Edward, literary rank, 34.

  Rochester, N.Y., speech, 168.

  Rome: 
    allusions, 167, 168;
    growth, 222;
    amphora, 321. 
    (See Latin.)

  Romilly, Samuel, allusion, 220.

  Rose, anecdote, 345. 
    (See Flowers.)

  Rousseau, Jean Jacques, his Savoyard Vicar, 51, 52.

  Ruskin, John: 
    on metaphysics, 250;
    certain chapters, 336;
    pathetic fallacy, 337;
    plagiarism, 384.

  Russell, Ben., quoted, 267.

  Russell, Le Baron: 
    on Sartor Resartus, 81, 82;
    groomsman, 83;
    aid in rebuilding the Old Manse, 272-279;
    Concord visit, 345.

  Saadi:  a borrower, 205;
    times mentioned, 382. 
    (See Persia.)

  Sabbath:  a blessing of Christianity, 123, 298.

  Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, on poetry, 339.

  Saint Paul, times mentioned, 382. 
    (See Bible.)

  Saladin, 184.

  Sallust, on Catiline, 207.

  Sanborn, Frank B.: 
    facts about Emerson, 42, 43, 66;
    Thoreau memoir, 368;
    old neighbor, 373.

  Sapor, 184.

  Satan, safety from, 306. 
    (See Mephistopheles, Religion, etc.)

  Saturday Club: 
    establishment, 221-223, 258;
    last visits, 346, 347;
    familiarity at, 368.

  Scaliger, quotation, 109, 110.

  Schelling, idealism, 148;
    influence 173.

  Schiller, on immortality, 290.

  Scholarship: 
    a priesthood, 137;
    docility of, 289.

  School-teaching, 297. 
    (See Chelmsford.)

  Schopenhauer, Arthur: 
    his pessimism, 286;
    idea of a philosopher, 359.

  Science: 
    growth of, 148;
    Emerson inaccurate in, 256;
    attitude toward, 401, 402. 
    (See C.C.  Emerson.)

  Scipio, 184.

  Scotland: 
    Carlyle’s haunts, 79;
    notabilities, 195, 196;
    Presbyterian, 409.

  Scott, Sir Walter: 
    allusion, 22;
    quotations, 23, 77;
    dead, 63;
    “the hand of Douglas,” 234;
    as a poet, 281;
    popularity, 316;
    poetic rank, 321.

  Self: 
    the highest, 113;
    respect for, 288, 289.

  Seneca, Montaigne’s study, 382.

  Shakespeare: 
    allusion, 22;
    Hamlet, 90, 94;
    Benedick and love, 106;
    disputed line, 128, 129;
    an idol, 197;
    poetic rank, 202, 281, 320, 321;
    plagiarism, 204-206;
    on studies, 257, 258;
    supremacy, 328;
    a comparison, 374;
    a playwright, 375, 376;
    punctiliousness of Portia, 378;
    times mentioned, 382;
    lunatic, lover, poet, 387;
    Polonius, 389;
    mother-wit, 404;
    fine Ariel, 405;
    adamant, 418.

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