The Naturalist in a Boarding SchoolW.A. Murrill, 1919 - 276 pages |
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... of space and revealing wonderful truths that far surpass the wildest fancies of the greatest astrologers . THE MOON The moon looks large and is large , for a moon , and it has figured very extensively in the affairs of men Astronomy 53.
... of space and revealing wonderful truths that far surpass the wildest fancies of the greatest astrologers . THE MOON The moon looks large and is large , for a moon , and it has figured very extensively in the affairs of men Astronomy 53.
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... truth , truth beauty ' , - that is all Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know . " Keats In modern times , the pendulum has swung toward utility ; and the effect of beautiful objects and beau- tiful surroundings on the development of ...
... truth , truth beauty ' , - that is all Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know . " Keats In modern times , the pendulum has swung toward utility ; and the effect of beautiful objects and beau- tiful surroundings on the development of ...
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... truth ; but doesn't this depend upon what he wants with it ? Yes and no make poor argument . Money to a miser is like meat to a kitten ; he de- vours it ravenously , only to become more miserable . Deeper joys , less noise . Men can ...
... truth ; but doesn't this depend upon what he wants with it ? Yes and no make poor argument . Money to a miser is like meat to a kitten ; he de- vours it ravenously , only to become more miserable . Deeper joys , less noise . Men can ...
Page 159
... truth . The single - handed autocrat fails for the same reason . His conceit and self - sufficiency , ever in- creasing , distort his vision and he sees things out of all proportion , over - estimating himself and under- estimating ...
... truth . The single - handed autocrat fails for the same reason . His conceit and self - sufficiency , ever in- creasing , distort his vision and he sees things out of all proportion , over - estimating himself and under- estimating ...
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... truth , only differently ex- pressed . Lost money can be replaced , but lost time is gone forever . Our peculiarities , like river channels , become more pronounced with the lapse of years . As , in the sunset sky , objects of earth and ...
... truth , only differently ex- pressed . Lost money can be replaced , but lost time is gone forever . Our peculiarities , like river channels , become more pronounced with the lapse of years . As , in the sunset sky , objects of earth and ...
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Page 176 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires: As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts, and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires:— Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Page 224 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 224 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 271 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 175 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 227 - Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
Page 225 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 202 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 261 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd, comrade.
Page 213 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill!