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... tell all that can be known of what mind is , and what it achieves , is , and must be , exclusively the task of the biographer . The sunbeam , the chisel , and the pencil must here yield to " The pen , the electric telegraph of thought ...
... tell all that can be known of what mind is , and what it achieves , is , and must be , exclusively the task of the biographer . The sunbeam , the chisel , and the pencil must here yield to " The pen , the electric telegraph of thought ...
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... tell , to those who listened with pleasure to her tale , of the moment when she first observed George's eyes fixed on some gaily - coloured or glistening object ; or when his ear had its earliest gratification from the ticking of his ...
... tell , to those who listened with pleasure to her tale , of the moment when she first observed George's eyes fixed on some gaily - coloured or glistening object ; or when his ear had its earliest gratification from the ticking of his ...
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... tell himself the amount in a minute , without any figuring at all . " The careful placing of the foot on the first round of the ladder of knowledge , and its gradual , yet firm ascent , -in other words , the intelligent training of the ...
... tell himself the amount in a minute , without any figuring at all . " The careful placing of the foot on the first round of the ladder of knowledge , and its gradual , yet firm ascent , -in other words , the intelligent training of the ...
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... tell , but it was a sufficient time to make them so weary that they thought of lying down among the furze bushes , till the morning came . And yet they were not likely to sleep . They well knew that the Lickey had become notorious for ...
... tell , but it was a sufficient time to make them so weary that they thought of lying down among the furze bushes , till the morning came . And yet they were not likely to sleep . They well knew that the Lickey had become notorious for ...
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... tell . It has been almost as bad as Noah's flood , and the folks at Bromsgrove will remember it the longest day they have to live . " No wonder that the inquiry arose , " What is it that has happened ? " or that all crowded closer around.
... tell . It has been almost as bad as Noah's flood , and the folks at Bromsgrove will remember it the longest day they have to live . " No wonder that the inquiry arose , " What is it that has happened ? " or that all crowded closer around.
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Page 81 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 255 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Page vi - Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labour, to their heart and hand, From thy hand, and thy heart, and thy brave cheer, And God's grace fructify through thee to all. The least flower, with a brimming cup, may stand, And share its dew-drop with another near.
Page 361 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 120 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 89 - Lano; when it moves on the plains of autumn, bearing the death of thousands along. Morna ! fairest of maids ! calm is thy sleep in the cave of the rock! Thou hast fallen in darkness, like a star, that shoots across the desert; when the traveller is alone, and mourns the transient beam !" " Say," said Semo's blue-eyed son, " say how fell the chiefs of Erin?
Page 80 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Page 128 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 64 - Then up I rose, And dragged to earth both branch and bough, with crash And merciless ravage: and the shady nook Of hazels, and the green and mossy bower, Deformed and sullied, patiently gave up Their quiet being...
Page 104 - Of envied life ; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state; Yet Nature's care, to all her children just, With richer treasures and an ampler state, Endows at large whatever happy man Will deign to use them.