Half-hours with the Best American Authors, Band 2J.B. Lippincott, 1886 |
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... heart of the day , after certain cups of Vesuvian wine ! What a piece of Katzenjämmer ( I can use no milder term ) would that workman think it when he woke again ! Alas ! what is history and the progress of the arts and sciences but one ...
... heart of the day , after certain cups of Vesuvian wine ! What a piece of Katzenjämmer ( I can use no milder term ) would that workman think it when he woke again ! Alas ! what is history and the progress of the arts and sciences but one ...
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... hearts . There was so little of Herculaneum : only a few hundred yards square are exhumed , and we counted the houses easily on the fingers of one hand , leaving the thumb to stand for the few rods of street that , with its flagging of ...
... hearts . There was so little of Herculaneum : only a few hundred yards square are exhumed , and we counted the houses easily on the fingers of one hand , leaving the thumb to stand for the few rods of street that , with its flagging of ...
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... heart fluttering with expectation , his near approach , breathing fast and loud , had given her a chill of disappointment , almost of disgust , and she now much preferred her own . thoughts , and the moonrise through the trees in the di ...
... heart fluttering with expectation , his near approach , breathing fast and loud , had given her a chill of disappointment , almost of disgust , and she now much preferred her own . thoughts , and the moonrise through the trees in the di ...
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... heart full of injury , and his hopes collapsed like his pockets . For some minutes Nancy continued to sew intently and fast , her flushed face bowed over the seam ; then suddenly her eyes blurred , her fingers forgot their cunning , the ...
... heart full of injury , and his hopes collapsed like his pockets . For some minutes Nancy continued to sew intently and fast , her flushed face bowed over the seam ; then suddenly her eyes blurred , her fingers forgot their cunning , the ...
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... heart was more quiet than usual ; for , although expectation was not quite ex- tinct , no visitor surely could be looked for on such a night . Suddenly , however , amidst the sounds of the storm , she heard footsteps and a knock at the ...
... heart was more quiet than usual ; for , although expectation was not quite ex- tinct , no visitor surely could be looked for on such a night . Suddenly , however , amidst the sounds of the storm , she heard footsteps and a knock at the ...
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Seite 432 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
Seite 419 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Seite 187 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
Seite 107 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Seite 434 - The wild-flowers who will stoop to number ? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them : — Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them I Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts...
Seite 436 - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Seite 147 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind. I often used to sit and view the moon for...
Seite 417 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Seite 432 - ... lives. Not as a child shall we again behold her; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay...
Seite 160 - I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.