 | Henry David Thoreau - 1909 - 128 pagina’s
...before their tints had faded, they glistened like the fairest flowers, the product of primitive rivers, seen of Indians only, made beautiful, the Lord only knows why, to swim there ! But there is the rough voice of Uncle George, who commands at the frying-pan. The pork sizzles, and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1954 - 294 pagina’s
...occasion had been the evening before Thoreau's ascent of Mount Ktaadn [Katahdin] in early September, 1846: "We had been told by McCauslin that we should here...beautiful, the Lord only knows why, to swim there! . . . "In the night I dreamed of trout-fishing; and, when at length I awoke, it seemed a fable that... | |
 | Leo J. Eiden - 1981 - 1298 pagina’s
...developed his meaning characteristically when reflecting on the beauty of some trout. «I could undestand better for this the truth of mythology, the fables...beautiful seamonsters how all history indeed, put to a terrestial use, is mere history, but to a celestial, is mithology always» (Math. pg. 628). But Hawthorne,... | |
 | Max Oelschlaeger - 1991 - 506 pagina’s
...He characterizes trout caught for supper as "the fairest flowers, the product of primitive rivers," "these bright fluviatile flowers, seen of Indians...beautiful, the Lord only knows why, to swim there!" thus reassuring himself that nature is not evil. That night Thoreau dreams of the beautiful trout,... | |
 | Richard Francis - 1997 - 286 pagina’s
...rivers; and he could hardly trust his senses, as he stood over them, that these jewels should have swum away in that Aboljacknagesic water for so long, so...mere history; but put to a celestial, is mythology always.29 The contention here is that "mere history" is utilitarian, whereas mythology reflects the... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 2010 - 376 pagina’s
...rivers; and he could hardly trust his senses, as he stood over them, that these jewels should have swum away in that Aboljacknagesic water for so long, so...mythology, the fables of Proteus, and all those beautiful sea-monsters,-how all history, indeed, put to a terrestrial use, is mere history; but put to a celestial,... | |
 | John Dolis - 2005 - 244 pagina’s
...rivers; and he could hardly trust his senses, as he stood over them, that these jewels should have swum away in that Aboljacknagesic water for so long, so...many dark ages; — these bright fluviatile flowers. ... I could understand better, for this, the truth of mythology, the fables of Proteus, and all those... | |
 | Terence Martin - 1995 - 592 pagina’s
...like "jewels" or "bright fluviatile flowers." The sight brings the writer to a better understanding of "the truth of mythology, the fables of Proteus, and all those beautiful sea-monsters." Put to "terrestrial use," he comes to see, history is "mere history." Put to "celestial" use, it is... | |
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While yet alive, before their tints had faded, they glistened like the fairest flowers, the product of primitive rivers; and he could hardly trust his senses, as he stood over them, that these jewels should have swam away in that Aboljacknagesic water... 