Autumn Hours and Fireside ReadingCharles Scribner, 1854 - 311 páginas |
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... fear of this ; and many a thought is crushed into silence by despair of sympa- thy . In this view , authorship may indeed be deemed a craft or mystery by itself , since it requires elements not found in every character ; there is ...
... fear of this ; and many a thought is crushed into silence by despair of sympa- thy . In this view , authorship may indeed be deemed a craft or mystery by itself , since it requires elements not found in every character ; there is ...
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... fear of examining and attempting to regulate them , lest they evapo- rate in the process . " " I was not jesting - you are quite right - why should you analyze ? Leave that to the critics . Let them pick - cater- while you enjoy . It is ...
... fear of examining and attempting to regulate them , lest they evapo- rate in the process . " " I was not jesting - you are quite right - why should you analyze ? Leave that to the critics . Let them pick - cater- while you enjoy . It is ...
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... Fear No petty customs or appearances , But think what others only dream about ; And say what others dare but think ; and do What others would but say ; and glory in What others dared but do- As if she never school'd within her breast ...
... Fear No petty customs or appearances , But think what others only dream about ; And say what others dare but think ; and do What others would but say ; and glory in What others dared but do- As if she never school'd within her breast ...
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... fears and flutterings to a point ; but there was another veil - misty too , yet consciously felt- over the mind of the young girl , usually so clear and careless . There are moments which reveal us to ourselves - present our past like ...
... fears and flutterings to a point ; but there was another veil - misty too , yet consciously felt- over the mind of the young girl , usually so clear and careless . There are moments which reveal us to ourselves - present our past like ...
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... fears have no reference to any other at- tachment , but only to the depth and fervor of this one . Το speak plainly as ... fear is that you may be unconsciously deceiving yourself and him into a belief that your attachment is of the same ...
... fears have no reference to any other at- tachment , but only to the depth and fervor of this one . Το speak plainly as ... fear is that you may be unconsciously deceiving yourself and him into a belief that your attachment is of the same ...
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admiration Aldis Amos Lawrence amusement Ashmore Aunt Susan Austin beauty body brought called chapter character charm comfortable dare dear delicate delight Dibble dinner dress Dudley duties dyspepsia Egeria elegant Ellis's Enfield excitement eyes face fancy fashionable father fear feel felt friends gave George Fountain girl give grace habits happy heart Henry Ellis honor hope human husband imagination indulgence John Katherine Katherine's kind knew ladies light live look marriage Marston Mary mind Miss Berry Miss Grove Miss Ingoldsby morning mother nature never object Ode to Duty once ourselves party perhaps Piercefield Piers Ploughman pleasure poor quiet racter scene seemed Sir Henry Clinton sister soon soul spirit summer sure sweet sympathy taste tender thing thought tion Titmouse truth uncon Whipple whole wife wife's wise woman women wonder young
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Página 144 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad hearts! without reproach or blot, Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power!
Página 43 - Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home...
Página 230 - All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Página 160 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Página 222 - ... with gore from a dreadful wound across the temple. I put my hand on the bloody face; 'twas warm; and an unknown voice begged for water. A small camp-kettle was lying near, and a stream of water was close by.
Página 144 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Página 228 - The Marquis De Chastellux, who was in Philadelphia while these efforts were in progress, was delighted with the event. In describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately finished by the ladies of Philadelphia. This work consisted neither...
Página 79 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 222 - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
Página 223 - I believe you,' said Frank. Just then I looked up, and my husband, as bloody as a butcher, and as muddy as a ditcher,* stood before me. " ' Why, Mary ! ' he exclaimed, ' "What are you doing there ? Hugging Frank Cogdell, the greatest reprobate in the army?' " 'I dont care,' I cried. ' Frank is a brave fellow, a good soldier, and a true friend to Congress.