I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy Me. To be... The Volta Review - Halaman 4241921Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| 1854 - 704 halaman
...and especially guided and guarded. I do not flatter myself, but if it be possible they flatter me. I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, bnt once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near... | |
| 1865 - 476 halaman
...then estimates the insignificance of the cost. Once, when he felt lonesome in his Waiden cottage, he doubted " if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life." But he soon recovered from this mood, which was as foreign to him as invalidism to the osprey ; and... | |
| 1865 - 456 halaman
...then estimates the insignificance of the cost. Once, when he felt lonesome in his Waiden cottage, he doubted " if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life." But he soon recovered from this mood, which was as foreign to him as anvalidism to the osprey ; and... | |
| University magazine - 1877 - 810 halaman
...apart from embodied man. Thoreau describes one occasion upon which solitude overpowered him : — " I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed...the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighbourhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was something unpleasant.... | |
| 1877 - 832 halaman
...sociability apart from embodied man. Thoreau describes one occasion upon which solitude overpowered him:— " I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed...to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the 618 Thoreau: Hermit and Thinker. near neighbourhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy... | |
| Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1879 - 362 halaman
...and a silver voiced flute, which often awoke the echoes of the quiet dale. He was never homesick or the least oppressed by a sense of solitude but once, and that was a few weeks after he came to the woods, and then, only for an hour. In the midst of a gentle rain, while these thoughts... | |
| Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1879 - 362 halaman
...silver voiced flute, which often awoke the echoes of the quiet dale. He was never homesick or th<! least oppressed by a sense of solitude but once, and that was a few weeks after he came to the woods, and then, only for an hour. In the midst of a gentle rain, while these thoughts... | |
| W. Proudfoot Begg - 1887 - 424 halaman
...tme enjoyment of nature is to be found in Thoreau's Walden. In the chapter on "Solitude," he writes, "I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed...the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighbourhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was something unpleasant.... | |
| William James - 1902 - 560 halaman
...writes: — 1 Abort, pp. 248 ff. f' few weeks after I came to the woods, for an hour I cloul'tcd whether the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was somewhat unpleasant. But, in the midst of a gentle rain, while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 halaman
...were especially guided and guarded. I do not flatter myself, but if it be possible they flatter me. I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed...the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighbourhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was something unpleasant.... | |
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