Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaLippincott, 1874 - 864 páginas |
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... soon they end ! BEHOLD How short a span Was long enough of old To measure out the life of man ; In those well ... SOON Our new - born light Attains to full - aged noon ! And this , how soon to gray - haired night ; We spring , we bud ...
... soon they end ! BEHOLD How short a span Was long enough of old To measure out the life of man ; In those well ... SOON Our new - born light Attains to full - aged noon ! And this , how soon to gray - haired night ; We spring , we bud ...
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... soon will appear . The two which follow are peculiarly appropriate : - Florence Nightingale , Flit on , charming angel . John Abernethy , Johnny the bear . TIME ITEM METI 55 EMIT This word , Time , is the only word in the English ...
... soon will appear . The two which follow are peculiarly appropriate : - Florence Nightingale , Flit on , charming angel . John Abernethy , Johnny the bear . TIME ITEM METI 55 EMIT This word , Time , is the only word in the English ...
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... soon slack- ened his pace . The bishop of course had neither whip nor spurs , but was possessed of a much more powerful stimulus , for , says the legend , he made the sign of the cross , and the smarting devil instantly galloped away . Soon ...
... soon slack- ened his pace . The bishop of course had neither whip nor spurs , but was possessed of a much more powerful stimulus , for , says the legend , he made the sign of the cross , and the smarting devil instantly galloped away . Soon ...
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... soon as you are made sensible of his virtues , and shall become acquainted with him you will thank me for this my advice . Courtesy obliges me to desist from saying any thing more on this subject . you will love him as I do ; and then ...
... soon as you are made sensible of his virtues , and shall become acquainted with him you will thank me for this my advice . Courtesy obliges me to desist from saying any thing more on this subject . you will love him as I do ; and then ...
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... soon shall shine ; Their ruin is at hand , who with the Congress join . The acts of Parliament , in them I much delight , I hate their cursed intent , who for the Congress fight , The Tories of the day , they are my daily toast , They soon ...
... soon shall shine ; Their ruin is at hand , who with the Congress join . The acts of Parliament , in them I much delight , I hate their cursed intent , who for the Congress fight , The Tories of the day , they are my daily toast , They soon ...
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Página 803 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
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!
Página 391 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...
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.