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... person be envious or jealous of another . We know , indeed , that flowers never speak or quarrel , as they are repre- sented to do in this fable ; but it is a pleasant mode of showing the folly and wickedness of that strife which the ...
... person be envious or jealous of another . We know , indeed , that flowers never speak or quarrel , as they are repre- sented to do in this fable ; but it is a pleasant mode of showing the folly and wickedness of that strife which the ...
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... person can become great , but by keeping his resolutions ; no person ever escaped contempt , who could not keep them . If any of my young friends resolve to read this book through , as proposed in the introduction , I hope they will not ...
... person can become great , but by keeping his resolutions ; no person ever escaped contempt , who could not keep them . If any of my young friends resolve to read this book through , as proposed in the introduction , I hope they will not ...
Page 68
... her good fortune , and the stranger offered to take it to Miss Campbell in person . Vandellyn's reserve had been entirely conquered by the gracious nobility of his character and manners ; and , when 68 THE RECLUSE OF THE LAKE .
... her good fortune , and the stranger offered to take it to Miss Campbell in person . Vandellyn's reserve had been entirely conquered by the gracious nobility of his character and manners ; and , when 68 THE RECLUSE OF THE LAKE .
Page 73
... persons who too confidently depend upon future hopes , unmindful of the contingencies that may intervene . PARENTAL AFFECTION . As the vexations which parents receive from their child- ren , hasten the approach of age , and double the ...
... persons who too confidently depend upon future hopes , unmindful of the contingencies that may intervene . PARENTAL AFFECTION . As the vexations which parents receive from their child- ren , hasten the approach of age , and double the ...
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... person . The time chosen for transacting this business was one of those disagree- able March days , when it neither storms nor shines , when the transient snow beneath our feet is white as a brickmaker's frock , and the sky over our ...
... person . The time chosen for transacting this business was one of those disagree- able March days , when it neither storms nor shines , when the transient snow beneath our feet is white as a brickmaker's frock , and the sky over our ...
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Page 338 - DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove ; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine.
Page 158 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
Page 22 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Page 303 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 335 - THERE is a glorious city in the sea. The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing ; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible ; and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream...
Page 341 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Page 380 - Unto this day they do after the former manners : they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the...
Page 338 - The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms Has made the top of the wave his own; And when the ship from his fury flies.
Page 256 - What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd and humiliation meek?
Page 135 - At midnight hour, as shines the moon, A sheet of silver spreads below, And swift she cuts, at highest noon, Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, Oh I could ever sweep the oar, When early birds at morning wake. And evening tells us toil is o'er.