Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaLippincott, 1874 - 864 páginas |
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... thou hast considered thy purchase , thou wilt call the price of it a charity to thyself . SHIRLEY . In winter you may reade them ad ignem , by the fireside , and in summer ad umbram , under some shadie tree ; and therewith passe away ...
... thou hast considered thy purchase , thou wilt call the price of it a charity to thyself . SHIRLEY . In winter you may reade them ad ignem , by the fireside , and in summer ad umbram , under some shadie tree ; and therewith passe away ...
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... thou quit that plain ? Vainly for succor Nassan calls . Know , Zillah , that thy Nassan falls : But prowling wolf and fox may joy To quarry on thy Arab boy . LORD HOLLAND , after reading the five Spanish novels already alluded to , in ...
... thou quit that plain ? Vainly for succor Nassan calls . Know , Zillah , that thy Nassan falls : But prowling wolf and fox may joy To quarry on thy Arab boy . LORD HOLLAND , after reading the five Spanish novels already alluded to , in ...
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... thou cherishest . Chance cannot change thee : from the cradle of childhood to the charnel- house , from our first childish chirpings to the chills of the church - yard , cheery , changeless chieftainess . Chastener of the churlish ...
... thou cherishest . Chance cannot change thee : from the cradle of childhood to the charnel- house , from our first childish chirpings to the chills of the church - yard , cheery , changeless chieftainess . Chastener of the churlish ...
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... thou didst half profane ? Exhausting thy great power of song on themes Not worthy of its strong , effulgent beams . REYNOLDS . Rare Painter ! whose unequall'd skill could trace E ach light and shadow of the changeful face ; Young ...
... thou didst half profane ? Exhausting thy great power of song on themes Not worthy of its strong , effulgent beams . REYNOLDS . Rare Painter ! whose unequall'd skill could trace E ach light and shadow of the changeful face ; Young ...
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... thou of Nature ! every scene Of beauty stirred thy fancy's deeper mood , Reflection calmed the current of thy blood : Thus in the wide " Excursion " of thy mind , II igh thoughts in words of worth we still may find . IRVING . In easy ...
... thou of Nature ! every scene Of beauty stirred thy fancy's deeper mood , Reflection calmed the current of thy blood : Thus in the wide " Excursion " of thy mind , II igh thoughts in words of worth we still may find . IRVING . In easy ...
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Página 803 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 507 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Página 760 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 521 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Página 125 - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Página 783 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Página 412 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Página 391 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...
Página 269 - gainst self-slaughter ! O God ! O God ! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world ! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank, and gross in nature, Possess it merely.
Página 231 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.