The Boy's Friend: Or The Maxims of the Cheerful Old ManJohn Harris, 1837 - 272 páginas |
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... , though the least quarter of the globe in space , is the greatest in intelligence and power its influence is universal , and its arts and its arms unrivalled . A friend and I once made a tour together , far and wide , and 26 EUROPE .
... , though the least quarter of the globe in space , is the greatest in intelligence and power its influence is universal , and its arts and its arms unrivalled . A friend and I once made a tour together , far and wide , and 26 EUROPE .
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... once the capital . Who that saw the wide - spreading conflagration of this place in 1812 , can ever forget it ? If ever you should take up your abode in Russia , have an especial care of your noses ; many hundreds of people have lost ...
... once the capital . Who that saw the wide - spreading conflagration of this place in 1812 , can ever forget it ? If ever you should take up your abode in Russia , have an especial care of your noses ; many hundreds of people have lost ...
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... once in seven years . The Gold Coast is by no means a coast of gold . You must look sharp about you to find a single stick at the North Pole ; and Greenland is not half so green as other places . FRIENDSHIP . And what is friendship ...
... once in seven years . The Gold Coast is by no means a coast of gold . You must look sharp about you to find a single stick at the North Pole ; and Greenland is not half so green as other places . FRIENDSHIP . And what is friendship ...
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... once a poor barber , but by industry , perseverance , and ingenuity , he became a rich baronet . Captain Cook was a poor cabin - boy in the coal trade , but he became one of the first of sea captains , and sailed round the world ...
... once a poor barber , but by industry , perseverance , and ingenuity , he became a rich baronet . Captain Cook was a poor cabin - boy in the coal trade , but he became one of the first of sea captains , and sailed round the world ...
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... once , and many of us thought he must be half killed ; but this was not the case . No one else attempted the feat , and old Norburry , the blacksmith , who had been standing near , looking at us , with his face as black as that of a ...
... once , and many of us thought he must be half killed ; but this was not the case . No one else attempted the feat , and old Norburry , the blacksmith , who had been standing near , looking at us , with his face as black as that of a ...
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The Boy's Friend: Or The Maxims of the Cheerful Old Man Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) Visualização integral - 1837 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Africa Antiparos arms ash-tree attain beautiful Bedouins better bosom brow camels castle climb clouds companions danger death deeds delightful desert disappointment Dorset Street earth England excellent eyes fancy fellow friendship gaze give gold half hand happy head heart heaven hope horse hour hundred Iceland inhabitants Italy Jack Jones jaguar Kenilworth KENILWORTH CASTLE Kirman land Lapland laudanum laugh London look Magellan mankind ments mind Moluccas Mont Blanc Mount Hecla mountains never object Old England palace Patagonians peace pleasure poor Portugal possessions reindeer rich round the world ruin sailed scenes schoolfellows seen ship slander snow South America Spain spirit Spitzbergen spot talk fast talker tell thee things thirst thou thousand tion traveller tree virtue voyage walk WALTER SCOTT Warwick Castle wide world wild wisdom wise wonder worth young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 186 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 7 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
Página 166 - And through his airy hall the loud misrule Of driving tempest is for ever heard : Here the grim tyrant meditates his wrath ; Here arms his winds with all-subduing frost ; Moulds his fierce hail, and treasures up his snows, With which he now oppresses half the globe.
Página 29 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Página 29 - O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires!
Página 55 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Página 93 - Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man.
Página 109 - William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away; And yet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Página 30 - A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on the roaring sea ; From billow to bounding billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast : The sails are scattered abroad, like weeds, The strong masts shake, like quivering reeds, The mighty cables, and iron chains, The hull, which all earthly strength disdains, They strain and they crack, and hearts like stone Their natural hard, proud strength disown. Up and down ! Up and down ! From...
Página 100 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.