Autumn Hours and Fireside ReadingCharles Scribner, 1854 - 311 sider |
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Side 15
... once , or even twice , perhaps ; but if once we succumb to the temptation to make it our cheval de bataille , we shall easily for- get which friend we have displayed it to , and buttons will be left in our hands without scruple , the ...
... once , or even twice , perhaps ; but if once we succumb to the temptation to make it our cheval de bataille , we shall easily for- get which friend we have displayed it to , and buttons will be left in our hands without scruple , the ...
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... once to avoid the tedious pleasures and lonely bustle which the long days always brought about their homes , by re- treating to an undiscovered , or , at least , uncelebrated nook , where nature had as yet leave to make what faces she ...
... once to avoid the tedious pleasures and lonely bustle which the long days always brought about their homes , by re- treating to an undiscovered , or , at least , uncelebrated nook , where nature had as yet leave to make what faces she ...
Side 40
... once hesitating and abrupt . To those who knew her worth , like these friends and neighbors , she was a delightful companion , and the party would hardly have missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any body be ...
... once hesitating and abrupt . To those who knew her worth , like these friends and neighbors , she was a delightful companion , and the party would hardly have missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any body be ...
Side 60
... once , and the thing was carried by acclamation . " But beds ! " said Mrs. Marston . " O , you might come back in the evening . To go over in the morning , with provisions for the day , might do very well ; but these broils for ...
... once , and the thing was carried by acclamation . " But beds ! " said Mrs. Marston . " O , you might come back in the evening . To go over in the morning , with provisions for the day , might do very well ; but these broils for ...
Side 70
... once amid the other badinage of the hour . Several of the party mused upon it , and felt that the Island , with its exciting yet quiet life , and perfect abandon , was ust the place for writ- ing , since it so much favored reflection ...
... once amid the other badinage of the hour . Several of the party mused upon it , and felt that the Island , with its exciting yet quiet life , and perfect abandon , was ust the place for writ- ing , since it so much favored reflection ...
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Side 142 - No sport of every random gust, Yet being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust ; And oft, when in my heart was heard...
Side 142 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad hearts ! without reproach or blot ; Who do thy work and know it not ; Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power ! around them cast.
Side 206 - The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness...
Side 77 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Side 265 - Subtle as Sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Side 222 - ... encumbered with claims — and took up her own abode on the new plantation. Living in an humble dwelling — and relinquishing many of her habitual comforts — -she devoted herself with such zeal, untiring industry, and indomitable resolution to the attainment of her object, that her success triumphed over every difficulty, and exceeded the expectations of all who had discouraged her. She not only paid her husband's debts to the full, but secured for her children and descendants a handsome and...
Side 220 - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
Side 117 - Impostor, do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance...
Side 63 - But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover...
Side 143 - Why, assure you, signior, rich apparel has strange virtues : it makes him that hath it without means, esteemed for an excellent wit : he that enjoys it with means, puts the world in remembrance of his means : it helps the deformities of nature, and gives lustre to her beauties ; makes continual holiday where it shines...