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... readers . Those works are already widely known and appreciated in this country ; but there is room for an extended knowledge of them ; for they contain much to instruct and elevate the mind , as well as please its lighter fancy . I have ...
... readers . Those works are already widely known and appreciated in this country ; but there is room for an extended knowledge of them ; for they contain much to instruct and elevate the mind , as well as please its lighter fancy . I have ...
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... reader to give us attention whilst we do this , we think we need not apologise ; for it is ever a pleasurable , and as well profitable , occupation for both reader and writer , to contemplate the life and works of a great and good man ...
... reader to give us attention whilst we do this , we think we need not apologise ; for it is ever a pleasurable , and as well profitable , occupation for both reader and writer , to contemplate the life and works of a great and good man ...
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... readers a sketch of the personal circumstances and character of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes - a brief biography- and to discuss critically his works : illustrating both biography and criticism with examples from his writings . In the ...
... readers a sketch of the personal circumstances and character of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes - a brief biography- and to discuss critically his works : illustrating both biography and criticism with examples from his writings . In the ...
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... reader to give us attention whilst we do this , we think we need not apologise ; for it is ever a pleasurable , and as well profitable , occupation for both reader and writer , to contemplate the life and works of a great and good man ...
... reader to give us attention whilst we do this , we think we need not apologise ; for it is ever a pleasurable , and as well profitable , occupation for both reader and writer , to contemplate the life and works of a great and good man ...
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... readers in both the old and new world , as the " Autocrat of the Breakfast - Table , " and the Professor , who ( besides presiding , or leading the conversation at the breakfast table ) has told us the charming stories entitled " Elsie ...
... readers in both the old and new world , as the " Autocrat of the Breakfast - Table , " and the Professor , who ( besides presiding , or leading the conversation at the breakfast table ) has told us the charming stories entitled " Elsie ...
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and His Works: Being a Brief Biography and ... James Ball Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and His Works: Being a Brief Biography and ... James Ball Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 160 - We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Página 43 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Página 97 - ... knowledge, are things men are very apt to be conceited about. Nature is very wise; but for this encouraging principle how many small talents and little accomplishments would be neglected! Talk about conceit as much as you like, it is to human character what salt is to the ocean; it keeps it sweet, and renders it endurable. Say rather it is like the natural unguent of the sea-fowl's plumage, which enables him to shed the rain that falls on him and the wave in which he dips. When one has had all...
Página 131 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Página 52 - O Love Divine, that stooped to share Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, On Thee we cast each earthborn care, We smile at pain while Thou art near 1 Though long the weary way we tread, And sorrow crown each lingering year, No path we shun, no darkness dread, Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near...
Página 32 - Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen!
Página 55 - O Father ! grant Thy love divine To make these mystic temples Thine ! When wasting age" and wearying strife Have sapped the leaning walls of life, When darkness gathers over all, And the last tottering pillars fall, Take the poor dust Thy mercy warms, And mould it into heavenly forms ! VIII.
Página 53 - Sun of our life, Thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day ; Star of our hope, Thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night.
Página 54 - Not in the world of light alone, Where God has built His blazing throne, Nor yet alone in earth below, With belted seas that come and go, And endless isles of sunlit green, Is all thy Maker's glory seen : Look in upon thy wondrous frame, — Eternal wisdom still the same...
Página 102 - If you ever saw a crow with a king-bird after him, you will get an image of a dull speaker and a lively listener. The bird in sable plumage flaps heavily along his straightforward course, while the other sails round him, over him, under him, leaves him, comes back again, tweaks out a black feather, shoots away once more, never losing sight of him, and finally reaches the crow's perch at the same time the crow does...