Every Life a DelightAbingdon Press, 1914 - 335 páginas |
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... strong of soul , clear of brain , firm of will , quick in action , and bound to work and win . I like the man who sees his chance , and knows it when he sees ; the man missioned to move , a motor with a heart , sur- charged with pluck ...
... strong of soul , clear of brain , firm of will , quick in action , and bound to work and win . I like the man who sees his chance , and knows it when he sees ; the man missioned to move , a motor with a heart , sur- charged with pluck ...
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... strong man by torture . " He was witty in conversation , though sarcastic . When he and Addison got together " neither one wished for a third friend . " In the prime of his manhood he was a good - looking fellow , even if he did wear a ...
... strong man by torture . " He was witty in conversation , though sarcastic . When he and Addison got together " neither one wished for a third friend . " In the prime of his manhood he was a good - looking fellow , even if he did wear a ...
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... strong . The timid , hesitating man Who sees his rival crowned And then bemoans life's luckless plan , Needs nerve around . ' T is nerve that steadies human aim And turns the cords to steel ; ' Tis nerve that sets the zeal aflame And ...
... strong . The timid , hesitating man Who sees his rival crowned And then bemoans life's luckless plan , Needs nerve around . ' T is nerve that steadies human aim And turns the cords to steel ; ' Tis nerve that sets the zeal aflame And ...
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... strong in at least one line , that of shrewdness ; the spendthrift is weak in all lines - he is next to the fool . From time immemorial mankind has distrusted the spend- thrift . Solon said , " If any man by prodigality squanders his ...
... strong in at least one line , that of shrewdness ; the spendthrift is weak in all lines - he is next to the fool . From time immemorial mankind has distrusted the spend- thrift . Solon said , " If any man by prodigality squanders his ...
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... strong natures everywhere In common love and weal ; Its vital force and tender care The weak and poor must feel . Let hands be joined ; let hearts unite This golden cord to tone , That none may feel injustice blight In any land or zone ...
... strong natures everywhere In common love and weal ; Its vital force and tender care The weak and poor must feel . Let hands be joined ; let hearts unite This golden cord to tone , That none may feel injustice blight In any land or zone ...
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ADAMS KELLER angel ASTOR become better Beware of dogs bless character Charity charm cheer child daughter DAVID LIVINGSTONE dear death delight diamond dream earth eternal eyes face faith father feel flowers friendship give glad gold grief hand happiness heaven HELEN ADAMS HELEN KELLER honor hope human innocence JONATHAN SWIFT Joseph Addison JULIA WARD keep kind kiss laugh LENOX life's light live look Love is beautiful man's Martha Washington merry mighty moral mother natural ness never night OLIVER GOLDSMITH once peace person place like home pleasure Port Dover PUBLIC rich rose shine smile society song sorrow soul speak spirit sunshine superstitions sweet sweeter Talleyrand tears tender thee things thou thought TILDEN tion tongue true trust truth warm wealth wise wish woman words worth YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY youth
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Página 121 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
Página 107 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung : Silence was pleased. Now...
Página 128 - And instead of this, there is not a moment of any day of our lives, when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Página 234 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Página 177 - The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship, as being void Of sympathy, and therefore dead alike To love and friendship both, that is not pleased With sight of animals enjoying life, Nor feels their happiness augment his own.
Página 140 - The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
Página 140 - It is a game which has been played for untold ages, every man and woman of us being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature.
Página 250 - Take my soul and body's powers ; Take my memory, mind, and will, All my goods, and all my hours, All I know, and all I feel, All I think, or speak, or do ; Take my heart ; — but make it new...
Página 197 - The mother in her office holds the key of the soul; and she it is who stamps the coin of character, and makes the being who would be a savage but for her gentle cares, a Christian man! Then crown her queen of the world.
Página 104 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.