 I desire to speak somewhere without bounds; like a man in a waking moment, to men in their waking moments; for I am convinced that I cannot exaggerate enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression.  Wendell Berry: Life and Work - Page 1edited by - 2007 - 368 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 280 pages
...the cow which kicks over the pail, leaps the cowyard fence, and runs after her calf, in milking time. I desire to speak somewhere without bounds ; like...enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression. Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1897 - 418 pages
...a strain of music," he asks, "feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever ? " " I am convinced that I cannot exaggerate enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression." And in accordance with his belief he habitually followed, as solid practical guides, the remotest promptings... | |
 | Henry Stephens Salt - Authors, American - 1890 - 336 pages
...not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limits of my daily experience. I am convinced that I cannot exaggerate enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression." The dangers and demerits of a paradoxical style are sufficiently obvious ; and no writer has ever been... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 174 pages
...Now put the foundations under them. WALD«, p. 3.5. Exirava- I desire to speak somewhere fxprlwim. without bounds, — like a man in a waking moment, to men in waking moments ; for I am convinced that I cannot exaggerate enough even to lay the foundation of a... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...the cow which kicks over the pail, leaps the cowyard fence, and runs after her calf, in milking time. I desire to speak somewhere without bounds; like a...enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression. Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1897 - 318 pages
...the cow which kicks over the pail, leaps the cowyard fence, and runs after her calf, in milking time. I desire to speak somewhere without bounds ; like...enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression. Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 418 pages
...the cow which kicks over the pail, leaps the cowyard fence, and runs after her calf, in milking time. I desire to speak somewhere without bounds ; like...enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression. Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 428 pages
...cow which kicks over the pail, leaps the cowyard fence, and runs after her calf, in milking time. _! desire to speak somewhere without bounds ; like a...enough even to lay the foundation of a true expression. Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 534 pages
...I may attain to an expression in some degree adequate to truth of which I have been convinced. From a man in a waking moment, to men in their waking moments. Wandering toward the more distant boundaries of a wider pasture. Nothing is so truly bounded and obedient... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 534 pages
...I may attain to an expression in some degree adequate to truth of which I have been convinced. From a man in a waking moment, to men in their waking moments. Wandering toward the more distant boundaries of a wider pasture. Nothing is so truly bounded and obedient... | |
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