Guide to Social Happiness, Parts 1-4E. Walker, 1847 |
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... weary walks of ordinary life ; to lift it into a purer element ; and to breathe into it more pro- found and generous emotion . It reveals to us the loveliness of nature , brings back the freshness of youthful feeling , revives the re ...
... weary walks of ordinary life ; to lift it into a purer element ; and to breathe into it more pro- found and generous emotion . It reveals to us the loveliness of nature , brings back the freshness of youthful feeling , revives the re ...
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... weary- ing cares of life , the imperative control of fashion , or the toil and traffic of the busy world , and to dwell for the remainder of our days in a quiet spot like this , where affec- tion , that is too often lost in the game of ...
... weary- ing cares of life , the imperative control of fashion , or the toil and traffic of the busy world , and to dwell for the remainder of our days in a quiet spot like this , where affec- tion , that is too often lost in the game of ...
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... weary are welcomed to re- pose , and the wretched exchange their tears for joy . Impressions made upon our minds by lo- cal circumstances , are frequently of so deep and durable a nature , as to outlive all the accidents of chance and ...
... weary are welcomed to re- pose , and the wretched exchange their tears for joy . Impressions made upon our minds by lo- cal circumstances , are frequently of so deep and durable a nature , as to outlive all the accidents of chance and ...
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... visit our couch in sorrow , bend over us in sickness , or meet us at the door of our home after long absence and weary travel ; we should then perceive the harsh coldness of what are called celestial brows , but 22 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
... visit our couch in sorrow , bend over us in sickness , or meet us at the door of our home after long absence and weary travel ; we should then perceive the harsh coldness of what are called celestial brows , but 22 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
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... weary traveller to thoughts of peace and joy - reminding him that the wilderness of human life , though rugged and barren to the discontented beholder , has also its sweet flowers , not the less welcome for being unlooked for , nor the ...
... weary traveller to thoughts of peace and joy - reminding him that the wilderness of human life , though rugged and barren to the discontented beholder , has also its sweet flowers , not the less welcome for being unlooked for , nor the ...
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