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Page 47 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 47 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember...
Page 206 - ... creating a good story or a fine poem, the next best thing, and in fact almost as good a thing, is to possess an appreciation of these things ! So have good books and good newspapers, and read them, if only in snatches, and talk about them at dinner-time or by the evening fire.
Page 200 - We have certainly awakened to the fact that all work and no play not only makes Jack a dull boy...
Page 206 - Bieters. 8. Have something for the mind to feed upon, something to look forward to and live for, besides the round of daily labor or the counting of profit and loss. If we have not any talent for writing splendid works on political economy or social science, or the genius for creating a good story or a fine poem, the next best thing— and, in fact, almost as good a thing — is to possess an...
Page 205 - It is the most serious waste to overtax the stomach with even half an ounce more than it can take care of. 5. Avoid food and drinks that plainly disagree with the system. Vigorous outdoor workers should beware of heavy, indigestible suppers. Suppers should always consist of light, easily digested foods — being, in the country, so soon followed by sleep, and the stomach being as much entitled as the head to...
Page 203 - Next to the love of a husband, nothing so crowns a woman's life with honor as this second love, this devotion of a son to her. And I never yet knew a boy to ' turn out ' badly who began by falling in love with his mother.
Page 23 - Upon the top of this strip fasten a piece of ordinary ' weather strip,' so that there •will be formed an air-tight joint between the weather strips and the lower sash of the window, whether the latter is shut down tight or • raised an inch or two, the lower crosspiece of the sash sliding on the rubber of the ' weather strip ' as the sash rises. With this simple fixture in place, the lower sash may be raised enough, to admit a stream of air between the lower and upper sashes, where they lap over...
Page 139 - Remove from the fire, and stir in the beaten yolk of an egg, diluted with about one-fourth a cup of cream.
Page 203 - ... gallant to the girl may cruelly neglect the poor, weary wife in after years. But the big boy who is a lover of his mother, at middle age is a true knight, who will love his wife in the sear leaf of autumn as he did in the daisied spring.