The Boy's Friend: Or The Maxims of the Cheerful Old ManJohn Harris, 1837 - 272 páginas |
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... passing remark or two , then , must suffice . Everybody knows , and therefore I need not re- peat it , that Europe , though the least quarter of the globe in space , is the greatest in intelligence and power its influence is universal ...
... passing remark or two , then , must suffice . Everybody knows , and therefore I need not re- peat it , that Europe , though the least quarter of the globe in space , is the greatest in intelligence and power its influence is universal ...
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... passed away . Roguery outruns Ho- nesty ; but he is soon out of breath , and Honesty overtakes and passes by him . No folly is great- er than that of fancying yourself to be wise . Never go to bed till you are wiser than you were when ...
... passed away . Roguery outruns Ho- nesty ; but he is soon out of breath , and Honesty overtakes and passes by him . No folly is great- er than that of fancying yourself to be wise . Never go to bed till you are wiser than you were when ...
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... apprentice to an undertaker , that your days may be passed in attending fu- nerals . That face of yours would be invaluable in such a situation ; and would , infallibly , make your fortune . And so , the sun is to. Melancholy.
... apprentice to an undertaker , that your days may be passed in attending fu- nerals . That face of yours would be invaluable in such a situation ; and would , infallibly , make your fortune . And so , the sun is to. Melancholy.
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... passed at school , must indeed . have a wretched memory . These things are graven on the heart , as well as impressed on the brain ; we may forget a thousand things , but we never forget them . The haunts of our boyhood form a fairy ...
... passed at school , must indeed . have a wretched memory . These things are graven on the heart , as well as impressed on the brain ; we may forget a thousand things , but we never forget them . The haunts of our boyhood form a fairy ...
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... passed a night out of doors , amid the sleet and snow . Nor were you ever so much inclined to think highly of ease , as during a hearty fit of the tooth- Where you can give me one reason why you should talk fast , I can give you a score ...
... passed a night out of doors , amid the sleet and snow . Nor were you ever so much inclined to think highly of ease , as during a hearty fit of the tooth- Where you can give me one reason why you should talk fast , I can give you a score ...
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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.