MosaicsC. Scribner, 1859 - 408 páginas |
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... grave , some gay - but all possessing something quaint , pungent or picturesque . This tome , which I now , in good faith , commend to thy candor , might have been spun out to much greater extent , did I not agree with a good old divine ...
... grave , some gay - but all possessing something quaint , pungent or picturesque . This tome , which I now , in good faith , commend to thy candor , might have been spun out to much greater extent , did I not agree with a good old divine ...
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... grave , how generous mental food can even atone for a meagre diet - rich fare on the paper for short commons on the cloth . " " It was once my misfortune , ” he continues , " with a tolerable appetite , to be condemned to Lenten fare ...
... grave , how generous mental food can even atone for a meagre diet - rich fare on the paper for short commons on the cloth . " " It was once my misfortune , ” he continues , " with a tolerable appetite , to be condemned to Lenten fare ...
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... grave divine say , that God has two dwellings ; one in heaven , and the other in a meek and thankful heart . " Quarles thus quaintly epitomizes the thought : " We are not rich or poor by what we possess , but by what we desire . " One ...
... grave divine say , that God has two dwellings ; one in heaven , and the other in a meek and thankful heart . " Quarles thus quaintly epitomizes the thought : " We are not rich or poor by what we possess , but by what we desire . " One ...
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... grave . Motion is all Nature's law . Action is man's salvation , physical and mental . And yet , nine out of ten are wistfully looking forward to the coveted hour when they shall have leisure to do nothing , or something , only if they ...
... grave . Motion is all Nature's law . Action is man's salvation , physical and mental . And yet , nine out of ten are wistfully looking forward to the coveted hour when they shall have leisure to do nothing , or something , only if they ...
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... grave . " * ( Life's great lesson is to learn to live ; and our life- guage is not to be measured by its years , but by its harvest of thoughts and deeds . " ' Tis not the number of the lines On Life's fast filling page ; ' Tis not the ...
... grave . " * ( Life's great lesson is to learn to live ; and our life- guage is not to be measured by its years , but by its harvest of thoughts and deeds . " ' Tis not the number of the lines On Life's fast filling page ; ' Tis not the ...
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Página 124 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Página 173 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Página 268 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Página 131 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 31 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Página 346 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of Noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Página 126 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Página 379 - ... ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on Earth...
Página 196 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
Página 194 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...