The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volumen 2 |
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... one will have cause to be ashamed of him . " Mr. Weston smiled . Many words might have conveyed his mean- ing less significantly , but this was no point just now to Mr. Weston . " But good - bye -- good - bye , B 2 THE MAN OF TALENT . 3.
... one will have cause to be ashamed of him . " Mr. Weston smiled . Many words might have conveyed his mean- ing less significantly , but this was no point just now to Mr. Weston . " But good - bye -- good - bye , B 2 THE MAN OF TALENT . 3.
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... less talent in him , and more steadiness of principle . " Nonsense , " would Mr. Weston say ; " you make such marvels of trifles . If the boy has more quickness than others , and can turn to his own advantage what others overlook , what ...
... less talent in him , and more steadiness of principle . " Nonsense , " would Mr. Weston say ; " you make such marvels of trifles . If the boy has more quickness than others , and can turn to his own advantage what others overlook , what ...
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... less gratified . Henry , too , was struck with Mr. Seabright's marked attention to Miss Mansell , and was startled . " Why should it give me pain ? " was the question he repeated to himself , but to which he could give no satisfactory ...
... less gratified . Henry , too , was struck with Mr. Seabright's marked attention to Miss Mansell , and was startled . " Why should it give me pain ? " was the question he repeated to himself , but to which he could give no satisfactory ...
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... less the features of its character as a feudal stronghold , while scarcely a vestige remains to attest its former magnificence when a royal abode . William Rufus , it is said , repaired the damage done to the Tower by a mighty tempest ...
... less the features of its character as a feudal stronghold , while scarcely a vestige remains to attest its former magnificence when a royal abode . William Rufus , it is said , repaired the damage done to the Tower by a mighty tempest ...
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... less satisfactory , for a gate and bulwark which this king constructed on the west side of the Tower were " shaken as it had been with an earthquake and fell down . " And yet again , in the year 1241 , the gate and wall having been ...
... less satisfactory , for a gate and bulwark which this king constructed on the west side of the Tower were " shaken as it had been with an earthquake and fell down . " And yet again , in the year 1241 , the gate and wall having been ...
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Página 450 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Página 322 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 451 - Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here — thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Página 152 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that nature wears.
Página 404 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Página 202 - ... bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn...
Página 202 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Página 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 408 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Página 135 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.