Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... young ladies with a romantic agitation . And yet brigand is just the sonorous synonym for thief ; and a thief of the very vulgarest kind . But thief is a sneaking hangdog word , not at all romantic ; and the rose under this name does ...
... young ladies with a romantic agitation . And yet brigand is just the sonorous synonym for thief ; and a thief of the very vulgarest kind . But thief is a sneaking hangdog word , not at all romantic ; and the rose under this name does ...
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... young authors who have not yet learned to despise them . It does not seem at all strange that in the boundlessness of thought and the limitation of language , different minds , excogitating the same subject , should sometimes hit upon ...
... young authors who have not yet learned to despise them . It does not seem at all strange that in the boundlessness of thought and the limitation of language , different minds , excogitating the same subject , should sometimes hit upon ...
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... impossibility , and we are to blame for making such an unreasonable demand on poor clerical human nature , which is only human nature after all . For , put the case in this way : -Suppose a young 12 WAIFS . PLAGIARISM, I.
... impossibility , and we are to blame for making such an unreasonable demand on poor clerical human nature , which is only human nature after all . For , put the case in this way : -Suppose a young 12 WAIFS . PLAGIARISM, I.
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William Tait Ross. put the case in this way : -Suppose a young man to begin preaching at the age of 25 , and to continue preaching till he attains 70 , and that he delivers two discourses every Sabbath . At a moderate computation his 104 ...
William Tait Ross. put the case in this way : -Suppose a young man to begin preaching at the age of 25 , and to continue preaching till he attains 70 , and that he delivers two discourses every Sabbath . At a moderate computation his 104 ...
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... young men of sixty may have their beard and other hirsute appendages , including their ambrosial locks , polished up in the most fascinating style for the like remuneration . I refer to those " bunkers " one frequently sees jammed in ...
... young men of sixty may have their beard and other hirsute appendages , including their ambrosial locks , polished up in the most fascinating style for the like remuneration . I refer to those " bunkers " one frequently sees jammed in ...
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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.
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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!