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... sure , a ' spirt ' relieves the drouth a little , but oh ! if we could only go a little deeper , though it did take more time ; if we could only reach the fount- ain and enlarge and facilitate matters there ! There is no perspective in ...
... sure , a ' spirt ' relieves the drouth a little , but oh ! if we could only go a little deeper , though it did take more time ; if we could only reach the fount- ain and enlarge and facilitate matters there ! There is no perspective in ...
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... sure as the light of the last star will ultimately reach us . Opportunity is every thing to talent , but nothing to genius , since ge- nius implies the ability to make oppor- tunities , as a stream its own bed . All of which is obvious ...
... sure as the light of the last star will ultimately reach us . Opportunity is every thing to talent , but nothing to genius , since ge- nius implies the ability to make oppor- tunities , as a stream its own bed . All of which is obvious ...
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... sure as pop . ' With the child nestling close up to her , White Mag drew near to the bed , and held the light to the face of the woman . Yes , she was dead . Dead so long that her limbs were set and stiff . Dead with the same look of ...
... sure as pop . ' With the child nestling close up to her , White Mag drew near to the bed , and held the light to the face of the woman . Yes , she was dead . Dead so long that her limbs were set and stiff . Dead with the same look of ...
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... sure his eyes were brighter , his skin smoother , and his teeth whiter ; to be sure he had passed that age when he sought a wife only for a pretty face , that she might for a few months minister to his pride while her beauty lasted ...
... sure his eyes were brighter , his skin smoother , and his teeth whiter ; to be sure he had passed that age when he sought a wife only for a pretty face , that she might for a few months minister to his pride while her beauty lasted ...
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... sure we would ! ' exclaimed little Susie Bowes ; ' did thee ever know the time when we would n't ? ' So there followed a grand changing of seats , and rocking of the boat , as the young men resigned their oars to Susie and Rachel ...
... sure we would ! ' exclaimed little Susie Bowes ; ' did thee ever know the time when we would n't ? ' So there followed a grand changing of seats , and rocking of the boat , as the young men resigned their oars to Susie and Rachel ...
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Página 372 - He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
Página 354 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Página 99 - It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Página 474 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Página 99 - They are like the troubled sea, that cannot rest; whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Página 90 - In his family, gentle, generous, good-humored, affectionate, self-denying: in society, a delightful example of complete gentlemanhood ; quite unspoiled by prosperity ; never obsequious to the great (or, worse still, to the base and mean, as some public men are forced to be in his and other countries) ; eager to acknowledge every contemporary's merit; always kind and affable...
Página 354 - Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Página 90 - ... the young members of his calling; in his professional bargains and mercantile dealings, delicately honest and grateful; one of the most charming masters of our lighter language; the constant friend to us and our nation ; to men of letters doubly dear, not for his wit and genius merely, but as an exemplar of goodness, probity, and pure life...
Página 226 - The rounded world is fair to see, Nine times folded in mystery: Though baffled seers cannot impart The secret of its laboring heart, Throb thine with Nature's throbbing breast, And all is clear from east to west.
Página 474 - And thou, serenest moon, That with such holy face Dost look upon the earth Asleep in Night's embrace Tell me, in all thy round Hast thou not seen some spot Where miserable man Might find a happier lot? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe, And a voice sweet but sad responded, No.