The Story of William and Lucy SmithGeorge Spring Merriam Houghton, Mifflin, 1889 - 666 páginas |
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... knowledge acquired was dry and unnutritious ; for the present , there was no recompense in the sense of service rendered to others , or even the sat- isfaction of earning a daily wage ; and as preparation for the future , the way led to ...
... knowledge acquired was dry and unnutritious ; for the present , there was no recompense in the sense of service rendered to others , or even the sat- isfaction of earning a daily wage ; and as preparation for the future , the way led to ...
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... knowledge ; humour is the giving out to others the original impression as made by the object itself . Wit ranges wide , and collects from the most distant quarters ; humour is the result of a more tranquil susceptibility , the harvest ...
... knowledge ; humour is the giving out to others the original impression as made by the object itself . Wit ranges wide , and collects from the most distant quarters ; humour is the result of a more tranquil susceptibility , the harvest ...
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... knowledge of their author is that of a disciplined maturity . They show a fine but tempered ardor , and a mingled firmness and delicacy in thought and style . In the letter under the name of Chat- terton , skilfully veiled by one and ...
... knowledge of their author is that of a disciplined maturity . They show a fine but tempered ardor , and a mingled firmness and delicacy in thought and style . In the letter under the name of Chat- terton , skilfully veiled by one and ...
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... knowledge of the world which his wildness , procured for him , I think that I , with some- what better reason , may console myself for wasted years and miserable hours , by recalling that knowledge of the intellectual life which my own ...
... knowledge of the world which his wildness , procured for him , I think that I , with some- what better reason , may console myself for wasted years and miserable hours , by recalling that knowledge of the intellectual life which my own ...
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... knowledge is felt to be a sort of wealth , a possession for which men respect you , I had launched forth , regardless of every personal consideration of whatever de- scription , and thrown my spirit loose and self - abandoned on a vast ...
... knowledge is felt to be a sort of wealth , a possession for which men respect you , I had launched forth , regardless of every personal consideration of whatever de- scription , and thrown my spirit loose and self - abandoned on a vast ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 219 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints...
Página 666 - That friend of mine who lives in God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Página 536 - WE cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides; The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight willed Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.
Página 491 - Tho' mix'd with God and Nature thou, I seem to love thee more and more. Far off thou art, but ever nigh; I have thee still, and I rejoice; I prosper, circled with thy voice; I shall not lose thee tho
Página 219 - How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
Página 664 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.
Página 524 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...
Página 147 - In the actual world — the painful kingdom of time and place — dwell care and canker and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the Muses sing. But grief cleaves to names and persons and the partial interests of to-day and yesterday.
Página 457 - Think, when our one soul understands The great Word which makes all things new, When earth breaks up and heaven expands, How will the change strike me and you In the house not made with hands?
Página 78 - O man ! But turn not then to seek again What first the ill began. No God, it saith; ah, wait in faith God's self-completing plan! Receive it not, but leave it not, And wait it out, O man! " The man that went the cloud within Is gone and vanished quite; He cometh not," the people cries, "Nor bringeth God to sight.