NovelWe sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter · 1836★ 6.1
Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.Ralph Waldo EmersonNature · 1836★ 5.2
Nature writingOver all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.Thomas ColeEssay on American Scenery · 1836★ 5.2
Oh Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!Jane Welsh Carlyle1836★ 3.6
Short storyThe almighty dollar, that great object of universal veneration throughout our land.Washington Irving1836★ 3.6
When I make up my mind, I act. If I speak, what I say, I will do. If the hail rattles, let the flowers be crushed. The oak of the forest will lift up its head to the sky and storm, towering and unscathed.Osceola1836★ 3.5