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" the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneously moved but moved by a low usurping wilfulness, grow tight about the... "
Adventures in Essay Reading: Essays Selected by the Department of Rhetoric ... - Page 71
by University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 428 pages
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, ' the...do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which docs not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneously moved, but moved by a low usurping wilfuln«*s,...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean, "the foolish...not spontaneously moved, but moved by a low usurping willfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face and make the most disagreeable sensation, a sensation...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

British periodicals - 1841 - 640 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, 'the...wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face, and make the most disagreeable sensation, — a sensation of rebuke and warning which no brave young...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, " the...wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face and make the most disagreeable sensation, a sensation of rebuke and warning which no brave young man...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, " the...wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face, and make the most disagreeable sensation, a sensation of rebuke and warning which no brave young man...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean " the foolish...not spontaneously moved, but moved by a low usurping wilful ness, grow tight about the outline of the face, and make the most disagreeable sensation, a...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, " the...wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face and make the most disagreeable sensation, a sensation of rebuke and warning which no brave young man...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean, " the...wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face and make the most disagreeable sensation, a sensation of rebuke and warning which no brave young man...
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Essays: First series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean " the...not spontaneously moved, but moved by a low usurping wilfuluess, grow tight about the outline of the face with the most disagreeable sensation. For non-conformity...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...gentlest asinine expression. There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history ; I mean " the...conversation which does not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneouslymoved but moved by a low usurping wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face,...
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