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... passes away unim- proved , simply for the want of excitement and opportunity . There is a vast deal of our social existence wasted on trifles , because we have neglected to store our minds with solid know- ledge . The power of thinking ...
... passes away unim- proved , simply for the want of excitement and opportunity . There is a vast deal of our social existence wasted on trifles , because we have neglected to store our minds with solid know- ledge . The power of thinking ...
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... pass under the same roof , to cement the bond of natural affection , for the time will come when they will probably need it all . For as fountains , which rise upon the same mountain top , diverge and run in opposite directions ...
... pass under the same roof , to cement the bond of natural affection , for the time will come when they will probably need it all . For as fountains , which rise upon the same mountain top , diverge and run in opposite directions ...
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... pass through life together , are no deceivers . They are not in- tended to betray the sexes into a state of misery . The wife does not bid adieu to happiness , though she leaves a magnificent mansion to take up her abode under an ...
... pass through life together , are no deceivers . They are not in- tended to betray the sexes into a state of misery . The wife does not bid adieu to happiness , though she leaves a magnificent mansion to take up her abode under an ...
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... passing from one extreme to the other , elevated woman from a slave to a deity . It may seem unaccountable to the student of history , how so great a change could have been effected in the sentiments of mankind . A few ages before , we ...
... passing from one extreme to the other , elevated woman from a slave to a deity . It may seem unaccountable to the student of history , how so great a change could have been effected in the sentiments of mankind . A few ages before , we ...
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... passes.be- fore us . All there then was of wealth , of nobility , of valor , is assembled ; chariots are glittering , horses are prancing , young and hot blood is mounted , armed to the teeth for mortal combat . And all for what ? For ...
... passes.be- fore us . All there then was of wealth , of nobility , of valor , is assembled ; chariots are glittering , horses are prancing , young and hot blood is mounted , armed to the teeth for mortal combat . And all for what ? For ...
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Page 240 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 245 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 228 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 236 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death...
Page 245 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin...
Page 229 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 240 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 246 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 243 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 229 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.