Among FriendsHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 278 páginas |
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... called the Lower House in twenty acts of Parliament ; but what are twenty acts of Parliament among friends ? " At once we answer : what indeed ! Acts of Parliament are very well in their way , but we want to get at something more ...
... called the Lower House in twenty acts of Parliament ; but what are twenty acts of Parliament among friends ? " At once we answer : what indeed ! Acts of Parliament are very well in their way , but we want to get at something more ...
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... called " sober satire ; or the insides of things . " To one who is curious about the in- sides of things there is something ludicrous in the assumption of the matter - of - fact man that he knows it all , and that realities are the same ...
... called " sober satire ; or the insides of things . " To one who is curious about the in- sides of things there is something ludicrous in the assumption of the matter - of - fact man that he knows it all , and that realities are the same ...
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... called enriching the curriculum . When there have accumulated such vast stores of misinformation , we do not think it wise to burden our pupils ' minds by trying to get them to unlearn everything . Such smattering has little educational ...
... called enriching the curriculum . When there have accumulated such vast stores of misinformation , we do not think it wise to burden our pupils ' minds by trying to get them to unlearn everything . Such smattering has little educational ...
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... called him to come up with me , and I wrapped him in an American flag which I al- ways take with me . And there I sat all day , " The Genius of America protecting the British Poor . " It was a beautiful symbolic act , but I fear it may ...
... called him to come up with me , and I wrapped him in an American flag which I al- ways take with me . And there I sat all day , " The Genius of America protecting the British Poor . " It was a beautiful symbolic act , but I fear it may ...
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... called an " indeterminate sentence . " The obvious criticism is that it is too long , and the attempt might be made to improve it by chopping it up into small pieces . This would be a makeshift like that of the cook who , when a piece ...
... called an " indeterminate sentence . " The obvious criticism is that it is too long , and the attempt might be made to improve it by chopping it up into small pieces . This would be a makeshift like that of the cook who , when a piece ...
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Página 170 - Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads - you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...
Página 202 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train ! Turns his necessity to glorious gain ; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower ; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Página 163 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 151 - Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare to make it known.
Página 120 - A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
Página 83 - Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Página 141 - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance...
Página 175 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
Página 236 - But let that man with better sence advize, That of the world least part to us is red; And daily how through hardy enterprize Many great Regions are discovered, Which to late age were never mentioned. Who ever heard of th
Página 202 - CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR WHO is the happy warrior ? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be...