Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaLippincott, 1874 - 864 páginas |
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... means of re- laxation for the mind jaded by business activities , it may be safely commended to acceptance . 64 The aim of this collation is not to be exhaustive , but simply to be well compacted . The restrictive limits of an octavo ...
... means of re- laxation for the mind jaded by business activities , it may be safely commended to acceptance . 64 The aim of this collation is not to be exhaustive , but simply to be well compacted . The restrictive limits of an octavo ...
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... means - The Poetry of the Bible - Shakespeare's Knowledge of Scripture - The " True Gentleman " of the Bible ... Mean ? -De Nomine Jesn - What St. Bernardine did The Flower of Jesse " -Story of the Infant Jesus - Ancient Legends of ...
... means - The Poetry of the Bible - Shakespeare's Knowledge of Scripture - The " True Gentleman " of the Bible ... Mean ? -De Nomine Jesn - What St. Bernardine did The Flower of Jesse " -Story of the Infant Jesus - Ancient Legends of ...
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... mean ? — Bows and Arrows in the Olden Time - All about Guns - The first Insurance Company - The Banks of three Centuries ago - The Invention of Bells- Who first said " Boo ! " - Who made the first Clock - The Watches of the Olden Time ...
... mean ? — Bows and Arrows in the Olden Time - All about Guns - The first Insurance Company - The Banks of three Centuries ago - The Invention of Bells- Who first said " Boo ! " - Who made the first Clock - The Watches of the Olden Time ...
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... Mean Man - Instances of Audacious Boasting — Chas . Mathews and the Silver Spoon - How a King Upset his Inside - Curious Story of Some Relics - What " Topsy's " Other Name Was - Minding their P's and Q's - Practical Jokes of a Russian ...
... Mean Man - Instances of Audacious Boasting — Chas . Mathews and the Silver Spoon - How a King Upset his Inside - Curious Story of Some Relics - What " Topsy's " Other Name Was - Minding their P's and Q's - Practical Jokes of a Russian ...
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... Mean Her " —Affinity Between Gold and Love - The Crier who Could not Cry - The Parson and the Butcher — A Hard Case of Strikes- Coats of Male - The Beaux upon the Quiver - On Burning Widows- Learning Speeches by Heart - A Golden Webb ...
... Mean Her " —Affinity Between Gold and Love - The Crier who Could not Cry - The Parson and the Butcher — A Hard Case of Strikes- Coats of Male - The Beaux upon the Quiver - On Burning Widows- Learning Speeches by Heart - A Golden Webb ...
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Página 507 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Página 760 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 521 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Página 125 - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Página 783 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Página 412 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
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Página 269 - gainst self-slaughter ! O God ! O God ! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world ! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank, and gross in nature, Possess it merely.
Página 231 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.