Library of the World's Best Literature: A-ZCharles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne R. S. Peale and J. A. Hill, 1897 - Anthologies |
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Page 11411
... modern life . He had indomitable good - nature on the platform . The hard things he said about men had no root in his heart ; they were meant to fasten attention not on the • sin only , which is abstract , but on WENDELL PHILLIPS 11411.
... modern life . He had indomitable good - nature on the platform . The hard things he said about men had no root in his heart ; they were meant to fasten attention not on the • sin only , which is abstract , but on WENDELL PHILLIPS 11411.
Page 11440
... things human and divine . But this King was very talkative ; and when he talked there was no chance for any other to get in a word . And the Future Buddha , wishing to put a stop to his much talking , kept watching for an opportunity ...
... things human and divine . But this King was very talkative ; and when he talked there was no chance for any other to get in a word . And the Future Buddha , wishing to put a stop to his much talking , kept watching for an opportunity ...
Page 11444
... things . " In such wise did the Master point the moral ; ending by saying , " Brethren , as Fat Nanda is greedy now , so she was greedy in times gone by . " And thereupon he told the following story of the past . ONCE upon a time when ...
... things . " In such wise did the Master point the moral ; ending by saying , " Brethren , as Fat Nanda is greedy now , so she was greedy in times gone by . " And thereupon he told the following story of the past . ONCE upon a time when ...
Page 11448
... thing ; he was engaged with the rest in learning the Scriptures as a pupil , but because of his folly could not master them . He was the devoted attendant of the Future Buddha , and ministered to him like a slave . Now one day after ...
... thing ; he was engaged with the rest in learning the Scriptures as a pupil , but because of his folly could not master them . He was the devoted attendant of the Future Buddha , and ministered to him like a slave . Now one day after ...
Page 11449
... things are the same . " His lesson ended , the Master identified the Birth by saying : - " Laludayi was the dullard of those days , and I the world - renowned professor . " THE WIDOW'S MITE From the Jataka , ' No. 109 S FARES his ...
... things are the same . " His lesson ended , the Master identified the Birth by saying : - " Laludayi was the dullard of those days , and I the world - renowned professor . " THE WIDOW'S MITE From the Jataka , ' No. 109 S FARES his ...
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admiration Ahasuerus appeared asked beauty bells Benares better born Brahmadatta brahman brother called character child Crito dead death delight Demosthenes door Edgar Quinet eyes father fear feel fell forest Future Buddha gave give Greek hand hath head hear heard heart heaven honor Jataka Jetavana King light literary literature lived look Maguelonne Manon Marcius Master mind Mondor moral Morgante Moriscoes mother nature never night noble o'er ogre once Onyegin Panchatantra passed Pericles person Pierre Pilpay Pindar Plato Plautus Plutarch poem poet poetry Polybius Provence Quintilian Renaud Roman Rome Savatthi Socrates song soul speak spirit story tell thee things thou thought tion told took tortoise translation true truth turned verse Volscians whole wife wise words write young brahman Zeus
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Page 11723 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 11679 - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing, And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Page 11738 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around, how wide, how deep extend below ! Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing.
Page 11693 - thing of evil!— prophet still, if bird or devil! — Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!
Page 11694 - How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme. To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells,— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Page 11696 - IT was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 11694 - How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, in the icy air of night ! while the stars, that over-sprinkle all the heavens, seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight ; keeping time, time, time, in a sort of Runic rhyme, to the tintinnabulation that so musically wells from the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, from the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Page 11724 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Page 11691 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "T is some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door Only this and nothing more.
Page 11746 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.