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... means of diffusing that cheering and invigorating mental light , worthy to be called " SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . " It is not assumed , that readers intent on improve- ment , will merely rest satisfied with the scintillations of wisdom ...
... means of diffusing that cheering and invigorating mental light , worthy to be called " SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . " It is not assumed , that readers intent on improve- ment , will merely rest satisfied with the scintillations of wisdom ...
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... why should it be indulged in at all ? Anger is like A full hot horse , who being allowed his way , Self - mettle tires him . -Shakespere . - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . 11 Nobility of blood ...
... why should it be indulged in at all ? Anger is like A full hot horse , who being allowed his way , Self - mettle tires him . -Shakespere . - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . 11 Nobility of blood ...
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Sunbeams Clara Lucas Balfour. - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish , to rage and be furious is brutish , and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils ; but to prevent or suppress rising ...
Sunbeams Clara Lucas Balfour. - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish , to rage and be furious is brutish , and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils ; but to prevent or suppress rising ...
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... means for it , or he who has none ? Which to lay in the greatest stock of merit - he who sees nothing but merit can give him con- sideration , or he who has already in hand that of which merit could give him but a chance ? -Bentham ...
... means for it , or he who has none ? Which to lay in the greatest stock of merit - he who sees nothing but merit can give him con- sideration , or he who has already in hand that of which merit could give him but a chance ? -Bentham ...
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... means to live ; a drudge of opulence , and jest of fools ; a day - dreamer ; one who pampers knaves with flat- tery , and yet dies poor ; a man who thinks aloud that others may do without thinking . - Let authors write for glory and ...
... means to live ; a drudge of opulence , and jest of fools ; a day - dreamer ; one who pampers knaves with flat- tery , and yet dies poor ; a man who thinks aloud that others may do without thinking . - Let authors write for glory and ...
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angel Barry Cornwall beauty Bernardo Tasso better birds bless blest breast breath bright charm cheerful child clouds Countess of Winchelsea dark dear death doth dream earth Eliza Cook eternity eyes faith fear feeling felonious flight flowers fools gentle give gold grave hand happy hath heart heaven honour hope hour human labour life's light live look man's marriage matter philosophy mind moral morning nature Nature's never night o'er pain passion peace pleasure poor prayer proud rainbow Children religion rich round Shakespere sigh Sir Walter Scott sleep smile soft sorrow soul speak spirit storm of passion sunbeam sweet tear tell temper thee thine things Thomas Brown thought To-day to-morrow toil true truth virtue voice waves Way-marks wear weary wind wise woman words young youth
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Página 85 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 17 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Página 45 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Página 204 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Página 75 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord, — its various tone, Each spring, — its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute; We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 266 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Página 117 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Página 229 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 17 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Página 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...