Lessons in Life: A Series of Familiar EssaysCharles Scribner, 1861 - 344 oldal |
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9. oldal
... among the woods are black and massive , and the whole face of nature looks painfully clean , like that of a healthy little boy who has been bathed in a chilly room with very cold 1 * MOODS AND FRAMES OF MIND,..................
... among the woods are black and massive , and the whole face of nature looks painfully clean , like that of a healthy little boy who has been bathed in a chilly room with very cold 1 * MOODS AND FRAMES OF MIND,..................
17. oldal
... whole systems of theology , transforms brains into putty , and destroys the comfort of a jaundiced world . The fa- mous Dr. Abernethy had his hobby , as most famous men have ; and this hobby was " blue pill and ipecac , " which he ...
... whole systems of theology , transforms brains into putty , and destroys the comfort of a jaundiced world . The fa- mous Dr. Abernethy had his hobby , as most famous men have ; and this hobby was " blue pill and ipecac , " which he ...
28. oldal
... whole race carry with them as a badge of humili- ation . I have heard of Africans who declared that they would willingly go through the pain of being skinned alive , if , at the close of the operation , they could become white men ...
... whole race carry with them as a badge of humili- ation . I have heard of Africans who declared that they would willingly go through the pain of being skinned alive , if , at the close of the operation , they could become white men ...
30. oldal
... whole life , there is a distance like that between heaven and earth . I believe in the law of compensation . Human lot is , on the whole , well averaged . A man does not possess great gifts of person and of mind without drawbacks ...
... whole life , there is a distance like that between heaven and earth . I believe in the law of compensation . Human lot is , on the whole , well averaged . A man does not possess great gifts of person and of mind without drawbacks ...
32. oldal
... whole neigh- borhood - nay , a whole town - because they are cheer- ful , and courageous , and self - respectful under misfor- tune ; and I know of those who are as much dreaded as a pestilence , because they will not accept their 32 ...
... whole neigh- borhood - nay , a whole town - because they are cheer- ful , and courageous , and self - respectful under misfor- tune ; and I know of those who are as much dreaded as a pestilence , because they will not accept their 32 ...
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18. oldal - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
192. oldal - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, ! For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
25. oldal - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
96. oldal - Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal - yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
9. oldal - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
177. oldal - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
250. oldal - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
236. oldal - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong ; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean.sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
211. oldal - It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
79. oldal - It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.