Walking - Henry David Thoreau - Books - Independently Published - 9798680223475 - September 29, 2020
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Walking

Book Excerpt: ...ttering a legion of antiquated and house-bred notions and whims to the four winds for an airing-and so the evil cure itself. How womankind, who are confined to the house still more than men, stand it I do not know; but I have ground to suspect that most of them do not STAND it at all. When, early in a summer afternoon, we have been shaking the dust of the village from the skirts of our garments, making haste past those houses with purely Doric or Gothic fronts, which have such an air of repose about them, my companion whispers that probably about these times their occupants are all gone to bed. Then it is that I appreciate the beauty and the glory of architecture, which itself never turns in, but forever stands out and erect, keeping watch over the slumberers...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 29, 2020
ISBN13 9798680223475
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 28
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 2 mm   ·   49 g
Language English  

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