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... less attractive , and forming a gen- teel article of furniture . Others , though they go deeper , meet them always with a demurrer , and never open their covers without being inspired with some disparaging thought , or some destructive ...
... less attractive , and forming a gen- teel article of furniture . Others , though they go deeper , meet them always with a demurrer , and never open their covers without being inspired with some disparaging thought , or some destructive ...
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... less writing ; yet there would always be some , for ears weary sooner than eyes . When friends live together , their letter - cases need not be roomy , and posterity asks in vain for their correspondence . ' They have had it , be sure ...
... less writing ; yet there would always be some , for ears weary sooner than eyes . When friends live together , their letter - cases need not be roomy , and posterity asks in vain for their correspondence . ' They have had it , be sure ...
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... less alive to the beauties of scenery and the softening influence of agreeable circum- stances , pass each other , daily and hourly , with scarce a look or word of recognition , though there is nothing but good will , or , at worst ...
... less alive to the beauties of scenery and the softening influence of agreeable circum- stances , pass each other , daily and hourly , with scarce a look or word of recognition , though there is nothing but good will , or , at worst ...
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... less rarely than our modesty may suppose disguised to us by accidental circumstances , such as want of success , association with ungenerous or harsh people , or a lack of high animal spirits , that almost greatest of earthly 16 ...
... less rarely than our modesty may suppose disguised to us by accidental circumstances , such as want of success , association with ungenerous or harsh people , or a lack of high animal spirits , that almost greatest of earthly 16 ...
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... less obvious than the reasons for staying , and the joy of returning makes us feel them with peculiar force . But do we remember that this joy of reunion and return is purchased by the absence and the journey , with all SUMMERING,
... less obvious than the reasons for staying , and the joy of returning makes us feel them with peculiar force . But do we remember that this joy of reunion and return is purchased by the absence and the journey , with all SUMMERING,
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Page 144 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad hearts! without reproach or blot, Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power!
Page 43 - Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home...
Page 230 - All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Page 160 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 222 - ... with gore from a dreadful wound across the temple. I put my hand on the bloody face; 'twas warm; and an unknown voice begged for water. A small camp-kettle was lying near, and a stream of water was close by.
Page 144 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Page 228 - The Marquis De Chastellux, who was in Philadelphia while these efforts were in progress, was delighted with the event. In describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately finished by the ladies of Philadelphia. This work consisted neither...
Page 79 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 222 - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
Page 223 - I believe you,' said Frank. Just then I looked up, and my husband, as bloody as a butcher, and as muddy as a ditcher,* stood before me. " ' Why, Mary ! ' he exclaimed, ' "What are you doing there ? Hugging Frank Cogdell, the greatest reprobate in the army?' " 'I dont care,' I cried. ' Frank is a brave fellow, a good soldier, and a true friend to Congress.