Essays of American Essayists: Including Biographical and Critical Sketches, with a Special IntroductionColonial Press, 1900 - 456 Seiten |
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... character and motive . A favorite of the gods was he , dwelling high upon Olympus . Fancy his life at Salem among those quiet folk ; shall we call them pygmies ? Bryant's style was pure and cold as a rivulet among his native hills . He ...
... character and motive . A favorite of the gods was he , dwelling high upon Olympus . Fancy his life at Salem among those quiet folk ; shall we call them pygmies ? Bryant's style was pure and cold as a rivulet among his native hills . He ...
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... character and bearing to some of my remarks . I shall speak occasionally as among those who live by the labor of their hands . But I shall not speak as one separated from them . I belong rightfully to the great fraternity of working men ...
... character and bearing to some of my remarks . I shall speak occasionally as among those who live by the labor of their hands . But I shall not speak as one separated from them . I belong rightfully to the great fraternity of working men ...
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... character , we shall find this as free and frequent a growth among the obscure and unnoticed as in more conspicuous walks of life . The truly great are to be found everywhere , nor is it easy to say in what condition they 18 CHANNING.
... character , we shall find this as free and frequent a growth among the obscure and unnoticed as in more conspicuous walks of life . The truly great are to be found everywhere , nor is it easy to say in what condition they 18 CHANNING.
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... character lies wholly in force of soul , that is , in the force of thought , moral principle , and love , and this may be found in the humblest condition of life . A man brought up to an obscure trade , and hemmed in by the wants of a ...
... character lies wholly in force of soul , that is , in the force of thought , moral principle , and love , and this may be found in the humblest condition of life . A man brought up to an obscure trade , and hemmed in by the wants of a ...
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... character ; and he who puts forth this does a great work , no matter how narrow or obscure his sphere . The father and mother of an unnoticed family , who , in their se- clusion , awaken the mind of one child to the idea and love of ...
... character ; and he who puts forth this does a great work , no matter how narrow or obscure his sphere . The father and mother of an unnoticed family , who , in their se- clusion , awaken the mind of one child to the idea and love of ...
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Seite 222 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Seite 5 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Seite 37 - God be thanked for books ! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.
Seite 222 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Seite 168 - Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato and Milton is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought.
Seite 262 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou...
Seite 8 - When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Seite 223 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Seite 246 - I am somewhat too fond of these great mercies, but also because I should have often brought to my mind the many hardships, miseries, and wants, that my poor family was like to meet with, should I be taken from them, especially my poor blind child, who lay nearer my heart than all beside. Oh ! the thoughts of the hardship I thought my poor blind one might go under, would break my heart to pieces.
Seite 63 - I know that all beneath the moon decays. And what by mortals in this world is brought, In time's great period shall return to nought. l know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise.