The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volumen 2 |
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... soon proved to Lord Elsdale that the worth of his young tutor had not been overrated ; while he therefore conceived a sincere respect for his general abilities , his pupils attached themselves warmly to his person . to us . As Henry was ...
... soon proved to Lord Elsdale that the worth of his young tutor had not been overrated ; while he therefore conceived a sincere respect for his general abilities , his pupils attached themselves warmly to his person . to us . As Henry was ...
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... soon revealed to him , and the path that duty prescribed was equally clear . Woodville , much as he loved it , was no longer a safe retreat for him ; dear as were his pupils to him , and anxious as he was for their welfare , all must ...
... soon revealed to him , and the path that duty prescribed was equally clear . Woodville , much as he loved it , was no longer a safe retreat for him ; dear as were his pupils to him , and anxious as he was for their welfare , all must ...
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... soon as I have provided my sons with a successor " And I will not leave you , my lord , till you have , " said Henry , prompted by the feeling of the moment . The features of Lord Elsdale relaxed from their severity , and the wonted ...
... soon as I have provided my sons with a successor " And I will not leave you , my lord , till you have , " said Henry , prompted by the feeling of the moment . The features of Lord Elsdale relaxed from their severity , and the wonted ...
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... soon followed by the drawing up of his horses as he neared the park - gate . The luggage was quickly deposited in the hind - boot , and Henry , seated beside Nichols , the well - known driver of the " Perseverance , " was soon some ...
... soon followed by the drawing up of his horses as he neared the park - gate . The luggage was quickly deposited in the hind - boot , and Henry , seated beside Nichols , the well - known driver of the " Perseverance , " was soon some ...
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... soon faded from view , the twinkling lights on Cape May and Henlopen glimmered for a moment through the deepening shadows of night , and long before morning we were on the heaving bosom of the grim Atlantic . A miserable episode in life ...
... soon faded from view , the twinkling lights on Cape May and Henlopen glimmered for a moment through the deepening shadows of night , and long before morning we were on the heaving bosom of the grim Atlantic . A miserable episode in life ...
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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.