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... bring forth . ' And as you sail along in the steamer , and sweep along in the train , you are thinking of the little things that not without tears bade their gov- ernor farewell . It was early morning when you left : and as you proceed ...
... bring forth . ' And as you sail along in the steamer , and sweep along in the train , you are thinking of the little things that not without tears bade their gov- ernor farewell . It was early morning when you left : and as you proceed ...
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... brings tidings of the outer world . You have your daily Times each Monday morning brings your Saturday Review and the Illustrated London News comes not merely for the children's sake . You read all the 22 CONCERNING THE.
... brings tidings of the outer world . You have your daily Times each Monday morning brings your Saturday Review and the Illustrated London News comes not merely for the children's sake . You read all the 22 CONCERNING THE.
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... bring up old thoughts upon your subject ; of the clock striking unheard while you are bent upon your task , so much harder than carrying any reasonable quantity of coals , or blacking ever so many boots , or currying ever so many horses ...
... bring up old thoughts upon your subject ; of the clock striking unheard while you are bent upon your task , so much harder than carrying any reasonable quantity of coals , or blacking ever so many boots , or currying ever so many horses ...
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... bring- ing out strong points into glaring relief . I remember how I used to look with admiration at one of these great men when , in his speech to the jury , he was approaching some circumstance in the case which made dead against him ...
... bring- ing out strong points into glaring relief . I remember how I used to look with admiration at one of these great men when , in his speech to the jury , he was approaching some circumstance in the case which made dead against him ...
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... bring moisture to the eye , it depends entirely on the way in which they are put , whether they shall strike us as pathetic or silly , as sublime or ridiculous . The venerable aspect of the de- throned monarch , led in the triumphal ...
... bring moisture to the eye , it depends entirely on the way in which they are put , whether they shall strike us as pathetic or silly , as sublime or ridiculous . The venerable aspect of the de- throned monarch , led in the triumphal ...
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Page 174 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 110 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music ! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher.
Page 128 - There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love.
Page 226 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 412 - Twill murmur on a thousand years, And flow as now it flows. "And here, on this delightful day, I cannot choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fountain's brink. "My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.
Page 187 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Page 295 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 329 - O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest — Ps.
Page 122 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page 305 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.