Merry's Gems of Prose and PoetryH. Dayton, 1860 - 240 oldal |
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28. oldal
John Newton Stearns. dear , what have you ever gained by your habit of keeping back part of the truth , when you fear the whole of it will bring you into trouble . " Julia was obliged to answer , " Nothing . " " And what have you lost ...
John Newton Stearns. dear , what have you ever gained by your habit of keeping back part of the truth , when you fear the whole of it will bring you into trouble . " Julia was obliged to answer , " Nothing . " " And what have you lost ...
32. oldal
... keep one at a time , and there is nothing different in them . I can make them different by engraving certain words upon them ; indeed , I am told , that is what they are given to me for , but it's too much trouble ; and if I begin now ...
... keep one at a time , and there is nothing different in them . I can make them different by engraving certain words upon them ; indeed , I am told , that is what they are given to me for , but it's too much trouble ; and if I begin now ...
33. oldal
... keep gathering up those stones , and plac- ing them on the string ? " " That is to see how many I have written on . They tell me that when I get to the mouth of this river , I may reach a beautiful country , and live there ; but it all ...
... keep gathering up those stones , and plac- ing them on the string ? " " That is to see how many I have written on . They tell me that when I get to the mouth of this river , I may reach a beautiful country , and live there ; but it all ...
34. oldal
... keep his boat afloat , and sometimes I fancied it was lost , and then I would see it rise on the waves , and struggle on again . Still I could see that his hand . was raised for the pearls , and I fancied that he held them longer , and ...
... keep his boat afloat , and sometimes I fancied it was lost , and then I would see it rise on the waves , and struggle on again . Still I could see that his hand . was raised for the pearls , and I fancied that he held them longer , and ...
40. oldal
... keep him company . AN Irish piper , who now and then indulged in a glass too much , was accosted by a gentleman with , " Pat , what makes your face so red ? " Please your honor , " said Pat , " I always blush when I spake to a gintleman ...
... keep him company . AN Irish piper , who now and then indulged in a glass too much , was accosted by a gentleman with , " Pat , what makes your face so red ? " Please your honor , " said Pat , " I always blush when I spake to a gintleman ...
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111. oldal - Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown ; Only waiting till the glimmer Of the day's last beam is flown ; Then from out the gathered darkness, Holy, deathless stars shall rise, By whose light my soul shall gladly Tread its pathway to the skies.
177. oldal - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
150. oldal - When you shall return to your country with a good character, you cannot fail of getting into some business that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
18. oldal - You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow...
112. oldal - Till the night of earth is faded From the heart once full of day ; Till the stars of heaven are breaking Through the twilight soft and gray.
117. oldal - Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
100. oldal - Of outward obstacles, opposing ought. Poor patriots ! — partly purchased, partly pressed, — Quite quaking, quickly " Quarter ! quarter ! " 'quest. Reason returns, religious right redounds, Suwarrow stops such sanguinary sounds. Truce to thee, Turkey !— Triumph to thy train...
172. oldal - If you find your task is hard, Try, try again; Time will bring you your reward, Try, try again; All that other folks can do, Why, with patience, should not you? Only keep this rule in view; TRY, TRY AGAIN.
135. oldal - ... up, and his horse began to run away. In the midst of the old man's trouble, there rushed by him, with loud shouts, a large party of boys, in a sleigh drawn by six horses. ' Turn out ! turn out, old fellow ! — Give us the road, old boy! — What will you take for your pony, old daddy' — Go it, frozen-nose! — What's the price of oats ? ' — were the various cries that met his ear. 10. " ' Pray do not frighten my horse!
122. oldal - Why do we live or die ? Who knows that secret deep ? Alas, not I ! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye ? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts that quickly fly ? Why do our fond hearts cling To things that die ? We toil — through pain and wrong ; We fight— and fly; We love...