Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... nature , which is only human nature after all . For , put the case in this way : -Suppose a young 12 WAIFS . PLAGIARISM, I.
... 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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... nature's purer joys ; That in the crowded street can see , or in the lonely room , The glinting streams , the breezy hills , the golden - tasselled broom . " The echoing laugh , the joyous song of many OVER THe hills . 23.
... nature's purer joys ; That in the crowded street can see , or in the lonely room , The glinting streams , the breezy hills , the golden - tasselled broom . " The echoing laugh , the joyous song of many OVER THe hills . 23.
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... natural constitution , and it is as unwise as it is cruel to cause them the slightest pain by look or word , which can be avoided . The self - ills that such sensitive natures create are sufficient without being added to by the ...
... natural constitution , and it is as unwise as it is cruel to cause them the slightest pain by look or word , which can be avoided . The self - ills that such sensitive natures create are sufficient without being added to by the ...
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... nature to flourish in the atmosphere of common life . Like some gentle flower of a sunny clime , transported from its native soil to chillier regions , it soon droops , withers , and dies beneath their ungenial influence . The quiet of ...
... nature to flourish in the atmosphere of common life . Like some gentle flower of a sunny clime , transported from its native soil to chillier regions , it soon droops , withers , and dies beneath their ungenial influence . The quiet of ...
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William Tait Ross. the charge of ill - nature or self - conceit an infirmity over which , in a great measure , they have no control . Upon the other hand , where the disposition or readi- ness to take offence evidently springs from an ...
William Tait Ross. the charge of ill - nature or self - conceit an infirmity over which , in a great measure , they have no control . Upon the other hand , where the disposition or readi- ness to take offence evidently springs from an ...
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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.