Desultoria: The Recovered Mss. of an EccentricBaker and Scribner, 1850 - 220 páginas |
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... tion , forgetful , indeed , of dress , wealth , society , or aught else . He was fond of books - too fond , —but he seemed to fancy most , occupations of a monotonous character , since they afforded him INTRODUCTORY. ...
... tion , forgetful , indeed , of dress , wealth , society , or aught else . He was fond of books - too fond , —but he seemed to fancy most , occupations of a monotonous character , since they afforded him INTRODUCTORY. ...
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... tion of being , there was in the mind of the creative being , at the time of their birth , the most settled and determined intention I likewise consider , that there was a definite purpose for which each individual of each race , class ...
... tion of being , there was in the mind of the creative being , at the time of their birth , the most settled and determined intention I likewise consider , that there was a definite purpose for which each individual of each race , class ...
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... tion on so broad a basis , when his mind was to be bent to accomodate itself to the form of a profession . JUNE 25th . — I have been thinking , to - day , how pleasant , how congenial to my feelings would be the life of a student , were ...
... tion on so broad a basis , when his mind was to be bent to accomodate itself to the form of a profession . JUNE 25th . — I have been thinking , to - day , how pleasant , how congenial to my feelings would be the life of a student , were ...
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... tion in literature , this tantalizing being is before him constantly ; if a lover is going to see his mistress , this demon dances up before him , contorting its features and its form , so as to agonize his mind ; if a mother has an ill ...
... tion in literature , this tantalizing being is before him constantly ; if a lover is going to see his mistress , this demon dances up before him , contorting its features and its form , so as to agonize his mind ; if a mother has an ill ...
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... tion , I may be prejudiced - I may have feelings of bitterness and chagrin , that dispose me more than otherwise , to severe opinions in regard to the profession . My father misconceives me thoroughly , while he thinks he is doing me ...
... tion , I may be prejudiced - I may have feelings of bitterness and chagrin , that dispose me more than otherwise , to severe opinions in regard to the profession . My father misconceives me thoroughly , while he thinks he is doing me ...
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Página 78 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 80 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning.
Página 100 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Página 76 - That youth and observation copied there ; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain...
Página 76 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And.
Página 80 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Página 75 - gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
Página 61 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Página 75 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Página 78 - What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.