Lectures on Mental and Moral CultureA. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860 - 319 páginas |
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... says John Milton , " were to be sent from heaven , the one to be monarch of an empire , and the other to be a chimney sweeper , the difference in their minds would not be the value of a straw . " Earthly and outward distinctions would ...
... says John Milton , " were to be sent from heaven , the one to be monarch of an empire , and the other to be a chimney sweeper , the difference in their minds would not be the value of a straw . " Earthly and outward distinctions would ...
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... say . Whether his career was a blessing or a curse to the world , is not material to the subject which we are considering . There are those who have stigmatized him as a demon , and others with equal zeal have praised his patriotism and ...
... say . Whether his career was a blessing or a curse to the world , is not material to the subject which we are considering . There are those who have stigmatized him as a demon , and others with equal zeal have praised his patriotism and ...
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... says he , " was one of un- usual severity . Large quantities of snow fell , which so completely blocked up the walks that the stu- dents at Brienne could find but little amusement without doors . Napoleon proposed that to beguile the ...
... says he , " was one of un- usual severity . Large quantities of snow fell , which so completely blocked up the walks that the stu- dents at Brienne could find but little amusement without doors . Napoleon proposed that to beguile the ...
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... say , " That is exactly the truth . " Some turned upon their heels , exasperated at this fearless avowal of hostility to democratic progress . Alfieri , one of the ... says an eye- One year at Paris . Examined by La Place . OF NAPOLEON . 71.
... say , " That is exactly the truth . " Some turned upon their heels , exasperated at this fearless avowal of hostility to democratic progress . Alfieri , one of the ... says an eye- One year at Paris . Examined by La Place . OF NAPOLEON . 71.
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... says Napoleon , " my mother was obliged to take the direction of affairs upon herself . But the task was not above her strength . She managed every thing , provided for every thing , with a prudence which could neither have been ...
... says Napoleon , " my mother was obliged to take the direction of affairs upon herself . But the task was not above her strength . She managed every thing , provided for every thing , with a prudence which could neither have been ...
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Página 318 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 278 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Página 150 - I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Página 279 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 109 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 273 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher, too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge.
Página 111 - Sir, I know not how others may feel (glancing at the opponents of the college before him), but for myself, when I see my alma mater surrounded like Caesar in the Senate House, by those who are reiterating stab upon stab, I would not for this right hand, have her turn to me, and say, et tu quoque, mi fill ! and thou, too, my son ! — He sat down.
Página 144 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 145 - ... any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Página 110 - ... suffused with tears ; Mr. Justice Washington at his side, with his small and emaciated frame, and countenance more like marble than I ever saw on any other human being — leaning forward with an eager, troubled look ; and the remainder of the court, at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, towards a single point, while the audience below were wrapping themselves round in closer folds beneath the bench to catch. each look, and every movement of the speaker's face.