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... tion of Mrs. Willard , to hold their social reunion in the halls of her Seminary , so long redolent of classical associations , as the scene of her model school , not without hopes that the genius of the place will let fall its mantle ...
... tion of Mrs. Willard , to hold their social reunion in the halls of her Seminary , so long redolent of classical associations , as the scene of her model school , not without hopes that the genius of the place will let fall its mantle ...
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... tion lie in that process , in that attempt ! How it lays hold on the whole man ! not of a small , theo- retical , calculating fraction of him , but of the whole , practical , daring , doing , enduring man , thereby to awaken dormant ...
... tion lie in that process , in that attempt ! How it lays hold on the whole man ! not of a small , theo- retical , calculating fraction of him , but of the whole , practical , daring , doing , enduring man , thereby to awaken dormant ...
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... , — and that immediately , before the impression is erased by the interven- tion of new occurrences . " + Hudibras , Part II . Canto 3 , line 219 . But the very existence of such a tendency , is 2 * INCENTIVES TO MENTAL CULTURE . 17.
... , — and that immediately , before the impression is erased by the interven- tion of new occurrences . " + Hudibras , Part II . Canto 3 , line 219 . But the very existence of such a tendency , is 2 * INCENTIVES TO MENTAL CULTURE . 17.
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... tion which preceded me in my native town , and to aid in its prompt future discharge , I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them , " & c . & c . The ...
... tion which preceded me in my native town , and to aid in its prompt future discharge , I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them , " & c . & c . The ...
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... in his profession , seeking to understand the elements of his success , and to catch his spirit , will be , according to the law of assimila- tion , conformed to the pattern he contemplates , and 40 MR . BATES'S LECTURE.
... in his profession , seeking to understand the elements of his success , and to catch his spirit , will be , according to the law of assimila- tion , conformed to the pattern he contemplates , and 40 MR . BATES'S LECTURE.
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Página 135 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Página 82 - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took ; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.
Página 135 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Página 136 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 29 - This operator did his office after a different manner from those of his trade in Europe. He first took my altitude by a quadrant, and then, with rule and compasses, described the dimensions and outlines of my whole body, all which he entered upon paper, and in six days brought my clothes very ill made, and quite out of shape, by happening to mistake a figure in the calculation. But my comfort was, that I observed such accidents very frequent, and little regarded.
Página 135 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Página 136 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 1 - Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Página 82 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honored bones The labor of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Página 4 - Addison, in a subtlety of insight which often reaches farther than the subtlety of Steele, — the humor of Hawthorne presents traits so fine as to be almost too excellent for popularity, as, to every one who has attempted their criticism, they are too refined for statement. The brilliant atoms flit, hover, and glance before our minds, but the subtle sources of their ethereal light lie beyond our analysis, — "And no speed of ours avails To hunt upon their shining trails.