Autumn Hours and Fireside ReadingCharles Scribner, 1854 - 311 páginas |
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... kind , the more lifted up are they by unexpectedly confront- ing themselves in a good , i . e . , an ideal light . As a man thinketh , so is he ; ' but we do not always recognize the value of our own thoughts till we meet them among ...
... kind , the more lifted up are they by unexpectedly confront- ing themselves in a good , i . e . , an ideal light . As a man thinketh , so is he ; ' but we do not always recognize the value of our own thoughts till we meet them among ...
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... kind of interest or amusement . At another period , the same book will , curiously , afford us a new vein , such as we happen to be searching for just then . Later still , we love to read discussions of points , which our own practice ...
... kind of interest or amusement . At another period , the same book will , curiously , afford us a new vein , such as we happen to be searching for just then . Later still , we love to read discussions of points , which our own practice ...
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... been able to bring to perfection . It is a humane impulse , and it has a humanizing effect , to go out among our kind ; to see other phases of character , other modes of life , the result of other habits . SUMMERING . 27 27.
... been able to bring to perfection . It is a humane impulse , and it has a humanizing effect , to go out among our kind ; to see other phases of character , other modes of life , the result of other habits . SUMMERING . 27 27.
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... kind pride shrinks like a mimosa . We dare not say it Folds up its tents , like the Arabs , And silently steals away ; - but it falls back , at least , and bides its time . The world is far from being one grand , general , Mutual ...
... kind pride shrinks like a mimosa . We dare not say it Folds up its tents , like the Arabs , And silently steals away ; - but it falls back , at least , and bides its time . The world is far from being one grand , general , Mutual ...
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... kind neighborly feeling , and the esteem which intelligent habitual intercourse engenders , had prompted the choice of companionship ; the affinities were all of the most harmless kind . Love was almost out of the question , as will be ...
... kind neighborly feeling , and the esteem which intelligent habitual intercourse engenders , had prompted the choice of companionship ; the affinities were all of the most harmless kind . Love was almost out of the question , as will be ...
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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.