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the state of appetite under which it will be read , I shall be excusable if I pass over
the description of that shore breakfast to which the last chapter was conveying
the reader , and a small article with a white rag that “ walked the waters " like a ...
the state of appetite under which it will be read , I shall be excusable if I pass over
the description of that shore breakfast to which the last chapter was conveying
the reader , and a small article with a white rag that “ walked the waters " like a ...
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your reader fully understand you . Play with him , lead him along pleasant paths ,
but never keep company with him long at a time . Soar above or sink below his
comprehension , at suitable intervals . Remember that as ' no man is a hero to his
...
your reader fully understand you . Play with him , lead him along pleasant paths ,
but never keep company with him long at a time . Soar above or sink below his
comprehension , at suitable intervals . Remember that as ' no man is a hero to his
...
Page 278
... au quatrième in ' old South Middle , ' and to a scene in which the aforesaid
Frank made what the reader may call , if he choose , a somewhat ludicrous
appearance . I say the reader may thus call it , but 278 [ June , MY COLLEGE
FRIENDS .
... au quatrième in ' old South Middle , ' and to a scene in which the aforesaid
Frank made what the reader may call , if he choose , a somewhat ludicrous
appearance . I say the reader may thus call it , but 278 [ June , MY COLLEGE
FRIENDS .
Page 335
Nothing less will satisfy your readers , and you need never fear insulting their
common sense , for no one would ever suppose that you alluded to that . Lastly ,
always ... A peep , reader , only a peep , and we shall leave them to their mirth .
Nothing less will satisfy your readers , and you need never fear insulting their
common sense , for no one would ever suppose that you alluded to that . Lastly ,
always ... A peep , reader , only a peep , and we shall leave them to their mirth .
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The reader , seeling them to be of too little importance to merit careful attention ,
instead of dwelling on the beauties of the style , the skillful management of the
plots , or the truth - like character of the incidents , either abandons his mind to ...
The reader , seeling them to be of too little importance to merit careful attention ,
instead of dwelling on the beauties of the style , the skillful management of the
plots , or the truth - like character of the incidents , either abandons his mind to ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.