Potter's American Monthly, Volume 17John E. Potter & Company, 1881 - American literature |
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Page 116
... desire to be where he had no past for unfavorable comparison with the present . No man enjoys the wane , like the crescent , of fame . Events had combined to advertise local " stars " of later rising as shedding a brighter light , and ...
... desire to be where he had no past for unfavorable comparison with the present . No man enjoys the wane , like the crescent , of fame . Events had combined to advertise local " stars " of later rising as shedding a brighter light , and ...
Page 121
... desires also to know the precise value unfortunate fact that American journalism has of every weight in either scale . To gratify this fallen upon evil days ? A superficial observer , curiosity , a leaf of political instruction is ...
... desires also to know the precise value unfortunate fact that American journalism has of every weight in either scale . To gratify this fallen upon evil days ? A superficial observer , curiosity , a leaf of political instruction is ...
Page 136
... desire to utter to some companion - shadow what he thought of it all . But it is thin work , talking to shadows , as he felt . He returned home , found that Miss Conisbrough had come in , and was going to dine with him , and that a ...
... desire to utter to some companion - shadow what he thought of it all . But it is thin work , talking to shadows , as he felt . He returned home , found that Miss Conisbrough had come in , and was going to dine with him , and that a ...
Page 145
... desire that the coloring of their rooms shall be in accordance with the rules which an artist would follow - black and warm - brown , ma- roon and warm - green , violet and pale - green , deep- blue and pink , violet and light rose ...
... desire that the coloring of their rooms shall be in accordance with the rules which an artist would follow - black and warm - brown , ma- roon and warm - green , violet and pale - green , deep- blue and pink , violet and light rose ...
Page 152
... desire to employ their leisure monients , with a view of adding a suitable competence to their usual income , and is , moreover , a pleasant and agreeable occupation , requiring little more labor than mere attention to the little ...
... desire to employ their leisure monients , with a view of adding a suitable competence to their usual income , and is , moreover , a pleasant and agreeable occupation , requiring little more labor than mere attention to the little ...
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Page 315 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 188 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 549 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 568 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 518 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 461 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 549 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Page 339 - They made her a grave, too cold and damp For a soul so warm and true; And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where, all night long, by a firefly lamp, She paddles her white canoe.
Page 384 - Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.
Page 113 - Guid faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth Shall bear the gree, an' a