Nothing so fair, so pure, and at the same time so large, as a lake, perchance, lies on the surface of the earth. Sky water. It needs no fence. Nations come and go without defiling it It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never... Good Words - Strona 4511888Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - Liczba stron: 280
...mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs ; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - Liczba stron: 536
...gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever fresh ; —^a_jnirror in which all impurity presented to it sinks, swept...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. V^A. field_ot water betrays the spirit that is in the air.J It is continually receiving new life and... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1897 - Liczba stron: 318
...stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs y no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever fresh...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion... | |
| Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - Liczba stron: 456
...needs no fence. Nations come and go without defiling it. It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose brush, — this the light dust-cloth, — which retains...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. s It is continually receiving new life and... | |
| Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - Liczba stron: 464
...which no stone can crack, whose s0 quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs ; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. 5 It is continually receiving new life and... | |
| 1902 - Liczba stron: 642
...three-quarters in circumference, so transparent that the bottom is seen at a depth of thirty feet, " a mirror in which all impurity presented to it sinks, swept and dusted by the sun's hazy brush." Thoreau watched it in the summer stillness, and when the autumn winds moved it into ripples, and the... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - Liczba stron: 268
...mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs ; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface...as clouds high above its surface, and be reflected on its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - Liczba stron: 428
...mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - Liczba stron: 530
...which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, 20 whose gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever...that is breathed on it, but sends its own to float 25 as clouds high above its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. A field of water betrays... | |
| 1918 - Liczba stron: 1018
...mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs ; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface...its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still. HF.NRY D. THOREAU in "Walden Pond." Maine is a mosaic of bright spots in life, inlaid with more genuine,... | |
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