WORLD and MAN. The He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is still more mistaken. WORSHIP. Maxims, XCIII.---ROCHEFOUCAULT. Value of O sweeter than the marriage-feast, To walk together to the kirk To walk together to the kirk, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, WRITING. Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part VII. Perfection of This is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another. Essay on Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress. WRITING BOOKS. Concerning. 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; Not that a title's sounding charm can save, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.—BYRON. Vew-tree. Description of a But worthier still of note Are those fraternal four of Borrowdale, Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved,- May meet at noontide—Fear and trembling Hope, And Time the shadow,—there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o’er Yew- Trees.-W. WORDSWORTH. YOUTH. A man that is young in years may be old in hours, if he have lost no time; but that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second; for there is a youth in thoughts as well in ages; and yet the invention of young men is more lively than that of old, and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. YOUTH. Essay on "Youth and Age."-LORD BACON. Death in Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away, I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, Nipt by the frost, and shivering in the wind. The Village, Book I.-G. CRABBE. Beal of the Early Christians. The Whoever regards the early history of Christianity, will perceive how necessary to its triumph was that fierce spirit of zeal, which, fearing no danger, accepting no compromise, inspired its champions and sustained its martyrs. The Last Days of Pompeii, Book IV. Chapter 1. E. B. LYTTON. |