Among FriendsHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 278 páginas |
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... meet ? What are the young people think- ing about , and what new notions have they got into their heads ? On the whole , how do you think they are coming out ? THE ANGLO - AMERICAN SCHOOL OF POLITE UNLEARNING IN N 24 AMONG FRIENDS.
... meet ? What are the young people think- ing about , and what new notions have they got into their heads ? On the whole , how do you think they are coming out ? THE ANGLO - AMERICAN SCHOOL OF POLITE UNLEARNING IN N 24 AMONG FRIENDS.
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... - tive evokes the thunders of the law . The young writer grows timid , seeing that he is liable to give offense where none was intended . By purifying his style of all its natural qualities , he seeks 66 THE HUNDRED WORST BOOKS.
... - tive evokes the thunders of the law . The young writer grows timid , seeing that he is liable to give offense where none was intended . By purifying his style of all its natural qualities , he seeks 66 THE HUNDRED WORST BOOKS.
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... Young Lady's Aid to Usefulness and Hap- piness . " It is difficult to tell what is the matter with this book . There are no obvious faults to attract the attention . There are no sentiments which could do the least harm to the delicate ...
... Young Lady's Aid to Usefulness and Hap- piness . " It is difficult to tell what is the matter with this book . There are no obvious faults to attract the attention . There are no sentiments which could do the least harm to the delicate ...
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... young ladies who enjoy great ad- vantages should remember that the value of their education will depend upon their own faithful- ness in the right exercise of their mind , rather than upon the high character of the advantages they enjoy ...
... young ladies who enjoy great ad- vantages should remember that the value of their education will depend upon their own faithful- ness in the right exercise of their mind , rather than upon the high character of the advantages they enjoy ...
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... Young Lady's Aid , " it is not its length that makes it tedi- ous , but the tediousness of the author's mind . This is apparent when we compare it with an equally extended sentence of Milton on the same subject . Milton's sentence ...
... Young Lady's Aid , " it is not its length that makes it tedi- ous , but the tediousness of the author's mind . This is apparent when we compare it with an equally extended sentence of Milton on the same subject . Milton's sentence ...
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Página 116 - 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 137 - ... a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Página 192 - 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 159 - 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 147 - Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare to make it known.
Página 238 - And doe whatever thing he did intend : His name was Talus, made of yron mould, Immoveable, resistlesse, without end; . Who in his hand an yron flale did hould, With which he thresht out falshood, and did truth unfould.
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 137 - 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 169 - 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 226 - 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