The Pardoner's WalletHoughton, Mifflin, 1905 - 287 pages |
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... sins or to speak for a higher power . He must not speak even in the name of the Church , which has worthier spokesmen than he . In a book on in- dulgences the author says , " On the subject of elongated , centenary , and millenary ...
... sins or to speak for a higher power . He must not speak even in the name of the Church , which has worthier spokesmen than he . In a book on in- dulgences the author says , " On the subject of elongated , centenary , and millenary ...
Page 8
... sins against eternal law that must at all times be taken seri- ously . The trouble with us poor mortals is that , even in our remorse , we do not take very long views . The judgment that seems most terrible to us is that of the people ...
... sins against eternal law that must at all times be taken seri- ously . The trouble with us poor mortals is that , even in our remorse , we do not take very long views . The judgment that seems most terrible to us is that of the people ...
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... sins of omission . Not that I should attempt to extenuate the graver sort . I should not hold out false hopes to thankless sons or indifferent husbands . To be followed by such riff - raff would spoil my trade with the better classes ...
... sins of omission . Not that I should attempt to extenuate the graver sort . I should not hold out false hopes to thankless sons or indifferent husbands . To be followed by such riff - raff would spoil my trade with the better classes ...
Page 11
... sins of omission and the sorrows of omis- sion to pile up in monstrous fashion . There is a curious ingenuity which some persons have in loading themselves with burdens which do not belong to them , and in extracting melancholy re ...
... sins of omission and the sorrows of omis- sion to pile up in monstrous fashion . There is a curious ingenuity which some persons have in loading themselves with burdens which do not belong to them , and in extracting melancholy re ...
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... sin of offering to the public something less than their best . Their best is none too good . We must not , through misdirected charity , lower the standards of self - respecting artists . But some of us are not artists . The ordinary ...
... sin of offering to the public something less than their best . Their best is none too good . We must not , through misdirected charity , lower the standards of self - respecting artists . But some of us are not artists . The ordinary ...
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Popular passages
Page 131 - And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 166 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Page 57 - When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Page 279 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent...
Page 138 - I have felt with my native land, I am one with my kind, I embrace the purpose of God, and the doom assign'd.
Page 137 - Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone?
Page 250 - I sat down by the wayside of life, like a man under enchantment, and a shrubbery sprung up around me, and the bushes grew to be saplings, and the saplings became trees, until no exit appeared possible, through the entangling depths of my obscurity.
Page 174 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true.
Page 175 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 123 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.