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But we may wards through direct American transla- be sure that his jubilant
cheeriness was tors , the Rev. Charles T. Brooks and Mrs. no less when he
turned his back on all Eliza Buckminster Lee . Many of these this and left the flesh
- pots of ...
But we may wards through direct American transla- be sure that his jubilant
cheeriness was tors , the Rev. Charles T. Brooks and Mrs. no less when he
turned his back on all Eliza Buckminster Lee . Many of these this and left the flesh
- pots of ...
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... to heaven in a swing . ” All the last . ” Horace Greeley hit his mere - the
peculiarities of Brook Farm , we may ly political opponents as hard as this , but be
sure , were reported without diminu? tion in the gossip of Boston society , even
vague ...
... to heaven in a swing . ” All the last . ” Horace Greeley hit his mere - the
peculiarities of Brook Farm , we may ly political opponents as hard as this , but be
sure , were reported without diminu? tion in the gossip of Boston society , even
vague ...
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Nowhere in ents , was seemingly disastrous ; though all the modern world could
have been the older we grow , the harder it is to seen more strikingly grouped the
various be sure that we know all the keys to in - dramatis personæ of a great ...
Nowhere in ents , was seemingly disastrous ; though all the modern world could
have been the older we grow , the harder it is to seen more strikingly grouped the
various be sure that we know all the keys to in - dramatis personæ of a great ...
Page 12
He could go to prison without gave a suggestive inotion as of scissors , to
flinching , but could not forego his pun , his thumb and forefinger , with a
profeswe may be sure , after he got there , and sional politeness that instantly
brought would no ...
He could go to prison without gave a suggestive inotion as of scissors , to
flinching , but could not forego his pun , his thumb and forefinger , with a
profeswe may be sure , after he got there , and sional politeness that instantly
brought would no ...
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I am sure he would sin , “ and have a smoke . I am pretty have liked your thought
for him . He nearly dead ! ” was always so fond of what you did , of As the three
men in the party got into you . ” their carriage , Jackson took out his “ Dear uncle ...
I am sure he would sin , “ and have a smoke . I am pretty have liked your thought
for him . He nearly dead ! ” was always so fond of what you did , of As the three
men in the party got into you . ” their carriage , Jackson took out his “ Dear uncle ...
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Page 250 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Page 342 - Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh', in allen Wipfeln spürest du kaum einen Hauch; die Vögelein schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde ruhest du auch.
Page 183 - ... sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation, others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement.
Page 717 - The practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence.
Page 698 - Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful?
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Page 114 - We sat grown quiet at the name of love; We saw the last embers of daylight die, And in the trembling blue-green of the sky A moon, worn as if it had been a shell Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell About the stars and broke in days and years. I had a thought for no one's but your ears : That you were beautiful, and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love ; That it had all seemed happy, and yet we'd grown As weary-hearted as that hollow moon.
Page 6 - For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man : also, it may be said, there is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed.
Page 381 - I give no alms only to satisfy the hunger of my brother, but to fulfil and accomplish the will and command of my God.
Page 343 - ... ,"Go thy ways, and God bless thee, for it is not possible that the son of these tears should perish.