Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... genius has thrown a halo of romance in many an immortal song and story , which make the deeds and the men look very fine as seen through the mist of years , in print ; although , I warrant you , they presented an exceedingly prosaic ...
... genius has thrown a halo of romance in many an immortal song and story , which make the deeds and the men look very fine as seen through the mist of years , in print ; although , I warrant you , they presented an exceedingly prosaic ...
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... genius , which , by a kind of divine alchemy , transmutes the base into the precious , and makes the world all the richer and wiser for the theft . A gem is a gem , it is true , whether it flashes upon the brow of beauty , or lies ...
... genius , which , by a kind of divine alchemy , transmutes the base into the precious , and makes the world all the richer and wiser for the theft . A gem is a gem , it is true , whether it flashes upon the brow of beauty , or lies ...
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... genius , and made them familiar guests in the dwellings of men , till these heavens and this earth shall pass away . Burns , too , found many of the rude ditties of his native land wandering about like ghosts among her hills and dales ...
... genius , and made them familiar guests in the dwellings of men , till these heavens and this earth shall pass away . Burns , too , found many of the rude ditties of his native land wandering about like ghosts among her hills and dales ...
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... genius , and with the imposing and sonorous euphemism which distinguishes so many of our com- mercial operations in these days - designates an esta- blishment . If the name is found more suitable , and decidedly helps to extend his ...
... genius , and with the imposing and sonorous euphemism which distinguishes so many of our com- mercial operations in these days - designates an esta- blishment . If the name is found more suitable , and decidedly helps to extend his ...
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... genius . When he threw up his Government appoint- ment in disgust ( in consequence of the necessity for his official appearance at the bar of the House of Lords ) , his sensitive spirit instinctively sought that retirement which his ...
... genius . When he threw up his Government appoint- ment in disgust ( in consequence of the necessity for his official appearance at the bar of the House of Lords ) , his sensitive spirit instinctively sought that retirement which his ...
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Página 185 - With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much...
Página 116 - Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Página 139 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done: There was nothing ly,ing at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone!
Página 12 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Página 57 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
Página 57 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Página 192 - Leishman A SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY, including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal State. By WILLIAM LEISHMAN, MD, Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow ; Physician to the University Lying-in Hospital; Fellow and late Vice-President of the Obstetrical Society of London, etc.
Página 93 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 103 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 119 - Tis what the vicious fear, the virtuous shun, By fools 'tis hated, and by knaves undone! If wit so much from ign'rance undergo, Ah let not learning too commence its foe!