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... youth , Your heart can ne'er be wanting ! May prudence , fortitude , and truth Erect your brow undaunting ! In ploughman phrase , " God send you speed , " Still daily to grow wiser : And may you better reck the rede Than ever did th ...
... youth , Your heart can ne'er be wanting ! May prudence , fortitude , and truth Erect your brow undaunting ! In ploughman phrase , " God send you speed , " Still daily to grow wiser : And may you better reck the rede Than ever did th ...
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... youth luxurious diet , Restrain the passions ' lawless riot ; Devoted to domestic quiet , Be wisely gay ; So shall ye , spite of age's fiat , Resist decay . Seek not in Mammon's worship pleasure , But find your richest , dearest ...
... youth luxurious diet , Restrain the passions ' lawless riot ; Devoted to domestic quiet , Be wisely gay ; So shall ye , spite of age's fiat , Resist decay . Seek not in Mammon's worship pleasure , But find your richest , dearest ...
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... youth told him in a firm voice to come in . On being asked when he meant to go to bed , he replied , " Not yet . " The question was then put to him , how he thought he should sleep ; to which his answer was , " I don't know . " He then ...
... youth told him in a firm voice to come in . On being asked when he meant to go to bed , he replied , " Not yet . " The question was then put to him , how he thought he should sleep ; to which his answer was , " I don't know . " He then ...
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... youth replied , in a distinct voice , " I will . " He then put the fatal ring on Miss Gale's finger , the hymeneal noose was adjusted , and the poor fellow was launched into matrimony . Punch's Pocket Book . VARIETIES . War - is murder ...
... youth replied , in a distinct voice , " I will . " He then put the fatal ring on Miss Gale's finger , the hymeneal noose was adjusted , and the poor fellow was launched into matrimony . Punch's Pocket Book . VARIETIES . War - is murder ...
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... youth , and the drudgery of study was sweetened . But Harry Benson was a capital companion . He saw more of him every day . To be sure , he rather took him away from his profession ; but he must see a little of London and life . He ...
... youth , and the drudgery of study was sweetened . But Harry Benson was a capital companion . He saw more of him every day . To be sure , he rather took him away from his profession ; but he must see a little of London and life . He ...
Términos y frases comunes
16 pages ABRAHAM LINCOLN admire Fanatics Alexander Smart arms asked autographs beautiful snow bleach bonnet bread breath bright called CHARLES SUMNER child creature Crown 8vo daft dear earth Ebenezer Elliott family room father fellow FREDERICK friends Gaiter Boots Gumption half hand head hear heard heart heart's loveliness heaven hound bayed Jock John G Katie Lee Kiss laugh Laurence Sterne Lee and Willie LIVELY TO SEVERE look mark mind Model Sister moon negro never NEWELL nice girl night o'er old Johnie party POETRY poor Prayer preaching Price One Penny replied Robert Burns Saint Saxe Sermon soul Sphynx spirit stranger tact Talent Theodore Parker there's thing THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Thomas Hood thought Threescore voice voice of wonderful vulgar Wake the heart's weary wife William Hazlitt Willie Grey wine wish woman young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 8 - Oh, but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!
Página 8 - Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe.
Página 6 - Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve ye : For care and trouble set your thought, Ev'n when your end's attained; And a' your views may come to nought, Where ev'ry nerve is strained.
Página 7 - ... existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face.
Página 43 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them : for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Página 9 - THE snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and the earth below! Over the house-tops, over the street, Over the heads of the people you meet, Dancing, Flirting, Skimming along.
Página 8 - It's oh, to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work!
Página 7 - The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border; Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences; And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences.
Página 1 - Take them to the bar and let them shake their learned curls at each other in legal rivalry; talent sees its way clearly, but tact is first at its journey's end.
Página 1 - Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster, tact excites astonishment that it gets on so fast. And the secret is, that it has no weight to carry; it makes no false steps; it hits the right nail on the head; it loses no time; it takes all hints and by keeping its eye on the weathercock, is ready to take advantage of every wind that blows.