Life's Trivial RoundHutchinson, 1900 - 308 pages |
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Page 293 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own? And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty »eas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 222 - O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.
Page 176 - If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir. Ban. New honours come upon him Like our strange garments ; cleave not to their mould, But with the aid of use. Macb. Come what come may ; Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Page 280 - A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she : But Walter hail'da score of names upon her, And 'petty Ogress,' and 'ungrateful Puss,' And swore he long'd at college, only long'd, All else was well, for she-society.
Page 115 - When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.
Page 141 - I will recount in brief the marks of a friend. When doing wrong, to warn ; when doing well to exhort to perseverance ; When in difficulty or danger, to assist, relieve, and deliver. Such a man is indeed a true and illustrious friend.
Page 82 - Men are born to be serviceable to one another, therefore either reform the world or bear with it. 60. Understanding does not always drive onward like an arrow. The mind sometimes by making a halt, and going round for advice, moves straight on none the less, and hits the mark. 71. Look nicely into the thoughts of every one, and give them the same freedom as your own.
Page 204 - Though a man conquer a thousand thousand men in battle, a greater conqueror still is he who conquers himself.
Page 4 - That friend only is the true friend who is near when trouble comes ; That man only is the brave man who can bear the battle-drums; Words are wind; deed proveth promise: he who helps at need is kin; And the leal wife is loving though the husband lose or win.