Primitive Nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of the spring, for instance, thinking that I have here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I hear that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and... Thematic Guide to American Poetryby Allan Burns - 2002 - 309 pagesNo preview available - About this book
| Henry David Thoreau - History - 1881 - 334 pages
...acquaintance with nature to know her moods and manners. Primitive nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...have here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I learn that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and have read, that my ancestors have torn out... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 380 pages
...acquaintance with Nature to know her moods and manners. Primitive nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...have here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I learn that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and have read, that my ancestors have torn out... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 380 pages
...acquaintance with Nature to know her moods and manners. Primitive nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...have here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I learn that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and have read, that my ancestors have torn out... | |
| Roy Bennett Pace - American literature - 1915 - 680 pages
...acquaintance with Nature to know her moods and manners. Primitive nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...instance, thinking that I have here the entire poem, and 30 then, to my chagrin, I learn that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and have read, that... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1927 - 382 pages
...acquaintance with Nature, — to know her moods and manners. Primitive Nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...grandest passages, and mutilated it in many places. I should not like to think that some demigod had come before me and picked out some of the best of... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1927 - 380 pages
...acquaintance with Nature, — to know her moods and manners. Primitive Nature is the most interesting to me.' I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...first leaves and grandest passages, and mutilated it hi many places. *) I should not like to think that some demigod had come before me and picked out some... | |
| Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard - Nature - 1961 - 262 pages
...acquaintance with Nature- -to know her moods and manners. Primitive Nature is the most interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of...many of the first leaves and grandest passages, and munlated it in many places. I should not like to think that some demigod had come before me and picked... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1968 - 1634 pages
...acquaintance with Nature — to know her moods and manners. Primitive Nature is the most Interesting to me. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of the spring, for instance, thinking that I hare here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I hear that it is but an imperfect copy that I... | |
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