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... kind , generous heart . 2. This habit is acquired , not by attending " schools for manners , " but by learning , very early , to yield our own little preferences and privileges to those around us , denying ourselves a thousand little ...
... kind , generous heart . 2. This habit is acquired , not by attending " schools for manners , " but by learning , very early , to yield our own little preferences and privileges to those around us , denying ourselves a thousand little ...
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... kind brother . 7. He would frequently meet boys of his acquaint- ance , who would urge him to leave his sister , and go with them to play . He would answer them , " Yes , when I have taken little Emma to school . " I never saw him ...
... kind brother . 7. He would frequently meet boys of his acquaint- ance , who would urge him to leave his sister , and go with them to play . He would answer them , " Yes , when I have taken little Emma to school . " I never saw him ...
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... kind acts may gain , and how happy they will make those who receive them ; and remember that you lose nothing by being polite . 10. Often , while you are denying yourself some little privileges in your efforts to make others happy ...
... kind acts may gain , and how happy they will make those who receive them ; and remember that you lose nothing by being polite . 10. Often , while you are denying yourself some little privileges in your efforts to make others happy ...
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... kind of mortar , with which they form a neat , secure and comfortable habitation , for themselves and their family . To moisten the dust of which they build their nests , they dip their breasts in water , and shake the drops from their ...
... kind of mortar , with which they form a neat , secure and comfortable habitation , for themselves and their family . To moisten the dust of which they build their nests , they dip their breasts in water , and shake the drops from their ...
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... kind . Let me take your hand , Mary . 16. Mary . It will not hurt , will it ? 17. Mother . No. I will pour a little on the back of your hand , and then cover it with my handkerchief . How does it feel ? 18. Mary . It burns . 19. Mother ...
... kind . Let me take your hand , Mary . 16. Mary . It will not hurt , will it ? 17. Mother . No. I will pour a little on the back of your hand , and then cover it with my handkerchief . How does it feel ? 18. Mary . It burns . 19. Mother ...
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Popular passages
Page 399 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 401 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 389 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony : who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; as which of you shall not ? With this I depart ; that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 311 - Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.
Page 401 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 415 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 446 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 370 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 399 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
Page 480 - Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them.