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Definition of Emerson
1. Noun. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882).
Definition of Emerson
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹
3. Proper noun. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emerson
Literary usage of Emerson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Emerson, as I read him, had no self- sufficiency. He lived and felt with the
minimum of personal color, reflecting nature and man; and the study of the ..."
2. Folio (1884)
"Arr. Emerson. Far, So Far J. С Alden,Jr. Vary oí Argyle Nelson. ... Arr.JBClaus.
.40 Tali э This Letter to My Mother Arr. Emerson. .40 'That Deep Despair D. ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"Lowell said: " There was a majesty about Emerson beyond all other men that I have
... George William Curtis tells us that his brother, after hearing Emerson ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Whatever verdict time may pass upon the bulk of his poetry, Emerson himself ...
Emerson died on the 37th of April 188?, and his body was laid to rest in the ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"They were fairly successful, for Emerson, though he possessed no ... While staying
in London, Emerson resided with a watchmaker that he might learn his ..."
6. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1892)
"So we have to thank Mr. Woodbury for bringing Emerson once more before us, ...
The loving student of Emerson will dare to appropriate the beautiful sympathy ..."
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