Literature and Life, Book 1Scott, Foresman and Company, 1922 - American literature |
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... never die . Literature is the expression of the meaning and beauty of life , and if men could not find in life beauty and meaning , they would not care to live . In this book you will find illustrations of the way in which literature is ...
... never die . Literature is the expression of the meaning and beauty of life , and if men could not find in life beauty and meaning , they would not care to live . In this book you will find illustrations of the way in which literature is ...
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... never - failing source of recreation , in- creasing in their power as the years go by . You are reading for enjoyment now ; you are laying up stores for enjoyment when you are old . IV There are two worlds of adventure , then : the ...
... never - failing source of recreation , in- creasing in their power as the years go by . You are reading for enjoyment now ; you are laying up stores for enjoyment when you are old . IV There are two worlds of adventure , then : the ...
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... never got back with a bucket of water under an hour - and even then somebody generally had to go after him . Tom said : " Say , Jim , I'll fetch the water if you'll whitewash some . ' Jim shook his head and said : " Can't , Mars Tom ...
... never got back with a bucket of water under an hour - and even then somebody generally had to go after him . Tom said : " Say , Jim , I'll fetch the water if you'll whitewash some . ' Jim shook his head and said : " Can't , Mars Tom ...
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... never had a bit of it in my mouth at last - and I blamed my impertinent spirit of almsgiving , and 30 out - of - place hypocrisy of goodness , and above all I wished never to see the face again of that insidious , good- for - nothing ...
... never had a bit of it in my mouth at last - and I blamed my impertinent spirit of almsgiving , and 30 out - of - place hypocrisy of goodness , and above all I wished never to see the face again of that insidious , good- for - nothing ...
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... never went beyond the domains of the castle , unless well attended , or rather well watched ; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and im- plicit obedience ; and , as to the men- pah ! -she was taught to hold them 10 ...
... never went beyond the domains of the castle , unless well attended , or rather well watched ; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and im- plicit obedience ; and , as to the men- pah ! -she was taught to hold them 10 ...
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Page 411 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn...
Page 544 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From, joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 12 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd...
Page 411 - Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill : Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Page 533 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 529 - Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 419 - I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me. Was that done like Cassius...
Page 519 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord! Amen.
Page 421 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 529 - Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould.