The District School as it was: Scenery-showing, and Other WritingsPress of T. R. Marvin, 1852 - 364 стор. |
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... tion of letters . But the contents of the volume manifested most clearly the pontifical character of the illustrious man ; for , from the beginning to the end thereof , faith and memory were all that was demanded of the novice . The ...
... tion of letters . But the contents of the volume manifested most clearly the pontifical character of the illustrious man ; for , from the beginning to the end thereof , faith and memory were all that was demanded of the novice . The ...
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... tempta- tion under foot . But , indeed , it was only a boy who was gathering fruit from the topmost boughs , according to the figurative meaning , as the others were from those lower down . Or rather , as AS IT WAS . 27.
... tempta- tion under foot . But , indeed , it was only a boy who was gathering fruit from the topmost boughs , according to the figurative meaning , as the others were from those lower down . Or rather , as AS IT WAS . 27.
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... tion and expectation were depicted on every face . Pleasure glowed in every heart ; for the worst , as well as the best , calculated with certainty on a present . What a beautifier of the countenance agreeable emotions are ! The most ...
... tion and expectation were depicted on every face . Pleasure glowed in every heart ; for the worst , as well as the best , calculated with certainty on a present . What a beautifier of the countenance agreeable emotions are ! The most ...
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... tion , " says the mistress . The little hand leaves the lips , at the same time that an involuntary " Oh ! " bursts out from them . He lifts his head and his eye , and repeats with spirit the delinquent word , and goes on without ...
... tion , " says the mistress . The little hand leaves the lips , at the same time that an involuntary " Oh ! " bursts out from them . He lifts his head and his eye , and repeats with spirit the delinquent word , and goes on without ...
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... tion of it puts me in mind of a little boy lugging in wood , a stick at a time . My teacher was so igno- rant of the philosophy of mind , that she did not know that this was not as good a way as any ; and indeed , she praised me for my ...
... tion of it puts me in mind of a little boy lugging in wood , a stick at a time . My teacher was so igno- rant of the philosophy of mind , that she did not know that this was not as good a way as any ; and indeed , she praised me for my ...
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Сторінка 239 - Beauty — a living Presence of the earth, Surpassing the most fair ideal Forms Which craft of delicate Spirits hath composed From earth's materials — waits upon my steps ; Pitches her tents before me as I move, An hourly neighbour.
Сторінка 243 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Сторінка 223 - Heaven In every breast hath sown these early seeds Of love and admiration, yet in vain, Without fair Culture's kind parental aid...
Сторінка 272 - Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Сторінка 232 - And living as if earth contained no tomb, — And glowing into day: we may resume The march of our existence...
Сторінка 282 - THOU who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face/ Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not with weariness, for on their tops The beauty and the majesty of earth Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget The steep and toilsome way.
Сторінка 137 - I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am in a state of grate bliss, and trust these lines will find you injoyin the same blessins.
Сторінка 289 - Unfathomed and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead : and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder, power to speak of him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thy rocky altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Сторінка 239 - Paradise, and groves Elysian, Fortunate Fields — like those of old Sought in the Atlantic Main — why should they be A history only of departed things, Or a mere fiction of what never was ? For the discerning intellect of Man, When wedded to this goodly universe In love and holy passion, shall find these A simple produce of the common day.
Сторінка 277 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture : I can see Nothing to loathe in nature, save to be A link reluctant in a fleshly chain...