Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... human nature , which is only human nature after all . For , put the case in this way : -Suppose a young 12 WAIFS . PLAGIARISM, I.
... 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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... human intellect . When individuals of high - wrought sensibility , therefore , come into collision with us , we ought to make every allowance for the keen feelings they possess , and not to place to the charge of ill - nature or self ...
... human intellect . When individuals of high - wrought sensibility , therefore , come into collision with us , we ought to make every allowance for the keen feelings they possess , and not to place to the charge of ill - nature or self ...
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... human conduct ; he has no wish to become his own tormentor ; he seeks enjoyment , not annoyance , in the world ; and he knows that the surest way to destroy the one and create the other is to be always on the lookout for matters of ...
... human conduct ; he has no wish to become his own tormentor ; he seeks enjoyment , not annoyance , in the world ; and he knows that the surest way to destroy the one and create the other is to be always on the lookout for matters of ...
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... human happiness . While enforcing the duty of mutual forbearance , these remarks are not meant to inculcate a tame submission to real injuries . To exhibit a truckling servility or pusillanimity under insult is not to exercise the ...
... human happiness . While enforcing the duty of mutual forbearance , these remarks are not meant to inculcate a tame submission to real injuries . To exhibit a truckling servility or pusillanimity under insult is not to exercise the ...
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... that of Pope's , and well would it be for humanity were it treasured up in every human heart— " Good nature with good sense must ever join ; To err is human , to forgive divine . " 47 A RAINY DAY AT ABERFOYLE . BEING possessed in 46 WAIFS .
... that of Pope's , and well would it be for humanity were it treasured up in every human heart— " Good nature with good sense must ever join ; To err is human , to forgive divine . " 47 A RAINY DAY AT ABERFOYLE . BEING possessed in 46 WAIFS .
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Página 194 - 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 57 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
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 - 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 10 - 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 148 - Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold : Gold! gold! gold! gold! Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse — to bless — As even its minted coins express, Now stamped with the image of good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary.