The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Selections and Masterpieces from Their Writings ...Fifth avenue library society, 1899 |
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17. oldal
... passing into the hands of a single body of men , who can raise troops to an indefi- nite number , and appropriate money to their support for an indefinite period of time . And yet there are men who have not only been silent spectators ...
... passing into the hands of a single body of men , who can raise troops to an indefi- nite number , and appropriate money to their support for an indefinite period of time . And yet there are men who have not only been silent spectators ...
67. oldal
... passing stranger , both benevolent and learned , should come and give her the key to the mystery which had lurked in her bosom for a fortnight . Her widely opened blue eye was fixed on me with a look of irrepressible eagerness , while I ...
... passing stranger , both benevolent and learned , should come and give her the key to the mystery which had lurked in her bosom for a fortnight . Her widely opened blue eye was fixed on me with a look of irrepressible eagerness , while I ...
80. oldal
... passing fair , And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there . " Now , don't you go till I come , " he said , " And don't you make any noise ! " So toddling off to his trundle - bed He dreamt of the ...
... passing fair , And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there . " Now , don't you go till I come , " he said , " And don't you make any noise ! " So toddling off to his trundle - bed He dreamt of the ...
81. oldal
... passing that orchard through , That little peach dawned on the view Of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue- Them two . Up at that peach a club they threw- Down from the stem on which it grew Fell that peach of emerald hue . Mon Dieu ! John ...
... passing that orchard through , That little peach dawned on the view Of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue- Them two . Up at that peach a club they threw- Down from the stem on which it grew Fell that peach of emerald hue . Mon Dieu ! John ...
85. oldal
... passed his existence in gloomy grandeur , buried in sepulchral gloom . And to what darker purposes were these castles sometimes applied ! Let one go down into the passages underneath , dark , damp , and cold as the grave , in which ...
... passed his existence in gloomy grandeur , buried in sepulchral gloom . And to what darker purposes were these castles sometimes applied ! Let one go down into the passages underneath , dark , damp , and cold as the grave , in which ...
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344. oldal - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, 'sir, in the sacred writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
161. oldal - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
348. oldal - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will...
341. oldal - Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut Street, eating my roll all the way and, coming round, found myself again at Market Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in a boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
80. oldal - And don't you make any noise!" So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true!
349. oldal - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
161. oldal - Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
353. oldal - What's he? What? Touch-paper to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? Them and their works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind.
351. oldal - ... said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
341. oldal - I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way.