Dreamthorp: a Book of Essays Written in the CountryStrahan, 1863 - 296 páginas |
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... things very far re- moved , and seem to get closer to them . The last setting sun that Shakspeare saw reddened the win- dows here , and struck warmly on the faces of the hinds coming home from the fields . The mighty storm that raged ...
... things very far re- moved , and seem to get closer to them . The last setting sun that Shakspeare saw reddened the win- dows here , and struck warmly on the faces of the hinds coming home from the fields . The mighty storm that raged ...
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... thing that connects it with the world . It stands high , and from it the undulating country may be seen stretching away into the gray of distance , with hills and woods , and stains of smoke which mark the sites of villages . Every now ...
... thing that connects it with the world . It stands high , and from it the undulating country may be seen stretching away into the gray of distance , with hills and woods , and stains of smoke which mark the sites of villages . Every now ...
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... things - of the tree at the window , of the congregation of the dead outside , of the wheat - fields and the corn - fields be- yond and all around . And the odd thing is , that it is during sermon only that my mind flies off at a ...
... things - of the tree at the window , of the congregation of the dead outside , of the wheat - fields and the corn - fields be- yond and all around . And the odd thing is , that it is during sermon only that my mind flies off at a ...
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... things , a brood- ing meditative spirit , are all that the essayist requires to start business with . Jacques , in " As You Like It , ” had the makings of a charming essayist . It is not the essayist's duty to inform , to build pathways ...
... things , a brood- ing meditative spirit , are all that the essayist requires to start business with . Jacques , in " As You Like It , ” had the makings of a charming essayist . It is not the essayist's duty to inform , to build pathways ...
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... thing and the other he extracts his mirth and his moralities . main gift is an eye to discover the suggestiveness of common things ; to find a sermon in the most un- promising texts . Beyond the vital hint , the first step , his ...
... thing and the other he extracts his mirth and his moralities . main gift is an eye to discover the suggestiveness of common things ; to find a sermon in the most un- promising texts . Beyond the vital hint , the first step , his ...
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Página 140 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 281 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Página 128 - And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue : The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.
Página 129 - A power from the unknown God, A Promethean conqueror, came; Like a triumphal path he trod The thorns of death and shame. A mortal shape to him Was like the vapour dim Which the orient planet animates with light; Hell, Sin, and Slavery came, Like bloodhounds mild and tame, Nor preyed, until their Lord had taken flight; The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set : While blazoned as on Heaven's immortal noon The cross leads generations on.
Página 128 - Not Typhon huge ending in snaky twine : Our Babe to show his Godhead true, Can in his swaddling bands control the damned crew.
Página 280 - And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother ; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Página 49 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates * and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him.
Página 49 - Fear preoccupateth it; nay we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity (which is the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. Nay Seneca adds niceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non tantum fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest.
Página 49 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 49 - ... as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.