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... Body , Life , Echo , the World , Rumor— The Confidant of Nature — XV . Humor and Pathos — Illustrations— XVI . Not a Physician , Lawyer , or Botanist — He was a Man of Imag- ination — He lived the Life of All — The Imagination had a ...
... Body , Life , Echo , the World , Rumor— The Confidant of Nature — XV . Humor and Pathos — Illustrations— XVI . Not a Physician , Lawyer , or Botanist — He was a Man of Imag- ination — He lived the Life of All — The Imagination had a ...
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... Body - Appeal to Manhood and Womanhood - Books written for the Market - The Index Expurgatorius - Whitman a be- liever in Democracy - Individuality - Humanity - An Old - time Sea- fight - What is Poetry ? -Rhyme a Hindrance to ...
... Body - Appeal to Manhood and Womanhood - Books written for the Market - The Index Expurgatorius - Whitman a be- liever in Democracy - Individuality - Humanity - An Old - time Sea- fight - What is Poetry ? -Rhyme a Hindrance to ...
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... body ought to be removed . Then it was , as I believe , that Dr. John Hall , Shakes- peare's son - in - law , had this epitaph cut on the tomb : " Good friend , for Jesus ' sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed heare : Blest be ye man ...
... body ought to be removed . Then it was , as I believe , that Dr. John Hall , Shakes- peare's son - in - law , had this epitaph cut on the tomb : " Good friend , for Jesus ' sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed heare : Blest be ye man ...
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... body of a capon , new ripped and bleeding . This will staunch the blood . The blood , as it seemeth , sucking and drawing up by similitude of substance the blood it meeteth with , and so itself going back . " The philosopher also ...
... body of a capon , new ripped and bleeding . This will staunch the blood . The blood , as it seemeth , sucking and drawing up by similitude of substance the blood it meeteth with , and so itself going back . " The philosopher also ...
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... It is claimed by the advocates of the Baconian theory that their hero stood at the top of science ; and yet " it is absolutely certain that he was ignorant of the law of the acceleration of falling bodies , 26 SHAKESPEARE .
... It is claimed by the advocates of the Baconian theory that their hero stood at the top of science ; and yet " it is absolutely certain that he was ignorant of the law of the acceleration of falling bodies , 26 SHAKESPEARE .
Contents
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GenerationSlaveryPrinciple Sacrificed to SuccessLincolns | 173 |
stealing ChildrenII The Days of YouthHis EducationChooses | 248 |
The History of Intellectual Progress is written in the Lives | 308 |
MartyrdomThe First to die for Truth without Expectation of | 395 |
BibleEstablishment of the Mosaic CodeMoses not the Author | 519 |
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Page 93 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 296 - Dark mother always gliding near with soft feet, Have none chanted for thee a chant of fullest welcome? Then I chant it for thee, I glorify thee above all, I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come, come unfalteringly. Approach strong...
Page 61 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 42 - This castle hath a pleasant seat ; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Ban. This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is delicate.
Page 295 - Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading bathing all...
Page 58 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 159 - ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 67 - I am dying, Egypt, dying ; only I here importune death awhile, until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips.— Cleo.