Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Emerson, Thomas, of Ipswich, 38.
Emerson, Waldo, child of Ralph Waldo:
death, 177, 178;
anecdote, 265.
Emerson, William, grandfather of Ralph Waldo:
minister of Concord, 8-10, 14;
building the Manse, 70;
patriotism, 72.
Emerson, William, father of Ralph Waldo:
minister, in Harvard and Boston, 10-14;
editorship, 26, 32, 33;
the parsonage, 37, 42;
death, 43.
Emerson, William, brother of Ralph Waldo, 37, 39, 49, 53.
England:
first visit, 62-65;
Lake Windermere, 70;
philosophers, 76;
the virtues of the people, 179, 180;
a second visit, 192 _et seq.;_
notabilities 195;
the lectures, 196;
Stonehenge, 215;
the aristocracy, 215;
matters wrong, 260;
Anglo-Saxon race, trade and liberty, 304;
lustier life, 335;
language, 352;
lecturing, a key, 377;
smouldering fire, 385. (See _America, Europe_, etc.)
Enthusiasm:
need of, 143;
weakness, 154.
Epicurus, agreement with, 301.
Episcopacy:
in Boston, 28, 34, 52;
church in Newton, 68;
at Hanover, 132;
quotation from liturgy, 354;
burial service, 356. (See _Calvinism, Church, Religion_, etc.)
Esquimau, allusion, 167.
Establishment, party of the, 147. (See _Puritanism, Religion,
Unitarianism_, etc.)
Eternal, relations to the, 297. (See _God, Jesus, Religion_, etc.)
Europe:
Emerson's first visit, 62-65;
return, 72;
the Muses, 114;
debt to the East, 120;
famous gentlemen, 184;
second visit, 193-196;
weary of Napoleon, 207;
return, 210;
conflict possible, 218;
third visit, 271-279;
cast-out passion for, 308. (See _America, England, France_, etc.)
Everett, Edward:
on Tudor, 28;
literary rank, 33;
preaching, 52;
influence, 148.
Evolution, taught in "Nature," 105, 106.
Eyeball, transparent, 398.
Faith:
lacking in America, 143,
building cathedrals, 253. (See _God, Religion_, etc.)
Fine, a characteristic expression, 405.
Fire, illustration, 386. (See _England, France_, etc.)
Forbes, John M., connected with the Emerson family, 263-265;
his letter, 263.
Foster, John, minister of Brighton, 15.
Fourth-of-July, orations, 386. (See _America_, etc.)
Fox, George, essay on, 73.
France:
Emerson's first visit, 62, 63;
philosophers, 76;
Revolution, 80;
tired of Napoleon, 207, 208;
realism, 326;
wrath, 385, 386. (See _Carlyle, England, Europe_, etc.)
Francis, Convers, at a party, 149.
Franklin, Benjamin:
birthplace, 37;
allusion, 184;
characteristics, 189;
Poor Richard, 231;
quoted, 236;
maxims, 261;
fondness for Plutarch, 382;
bequest, 407.
Fraunhofer, Joseph, optician, 230, 324.
Frazer's Magazine:
"The Mud," 79;
Sartor Resartus, 81. (See _Carlyle_.)
Freeman, James, minister of King's Chapel, 11, 12, 52.
Free Trade, Athenaeum banquet, 220.
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