 Solitary communion with Nature does not seem to have been sanitary or sweetening in its influence on Thoreau's character. On the contrary, his letters show him more cynical as he grew older. While he studied with respectful attention the minks and woodchucks,...  The North American Review - Page 582edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 pages
...a cow-lily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen. He was converting us... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 pages
...a cow-lily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day / in question....with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen. He was converting us... | |
 | 1921 - 744 pages
...weaknesses. He is not so truly withdrawn as exiled, if he refuses to share in their strength. . . . "While he studied with respectful attention the minks...with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which hit country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen." — James Eussell... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 408 pages
...a cow-lily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....he studied with respectful attention the minks and woodchucka, his neighbours, he looked with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 408 pages
...a cowlily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen. He was converting us... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 158 pages
...did for so many." Mr. Lowell, the most unsympathetic of all Thoreau's critics, has asserted that " while he studied with respectful attention the minks...with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny, of which the curtain had already risen." No evidence whatever is adduced in support of this statement,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1892 - 436 pages
...a cowlily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....he studied with respectful attention the minks and woodehucks, his neighbors, he looked with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 pages
...in general, study a paragraph from his essay on Thoreau, in the volume called " My Study Windows." Solitary communion with nature does not seem to have...more cynical as he grew older. While he studied with respect5 ful attention the minks and woodchucks, his neighbors, he looked with utter contempt on the... | |
 | William Morton Payne - 1904 - 350 pages
...a cow-lily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen. He was converting us... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 520 pages
...a cow-lily on Thursday last, as he never saw one in his life, would not see one if he could, and is prepared to prove an alibi on the day in question....with utter contempt on the august drama of destiny of which his country was the scene, and on which the curtain had already risen. He was converting us... | |
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