Sesame and lillies, Unto the last, Queen of the airBryan, Taylor, 1894 - English literature |
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... look- ing over these two lectures , I am painfully struck by the waste of good work in them . They cost me much thought , and much strong emotion ; but it was foolish to suppose that I could rouse my audiences in a little while to any ...
... look- ing over these two lectures , I am painfully struck by the waste of good work in them . They cost me much thought , and much strong emotion ; but it was foolish to suppose that I could rouse my audiences in a little while to any ...
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... look over not once nor twice ( rather than any other part of the book ) , for they contain the best expression I have yet been able to put in words of what , so far as is within my power , I mean henceforward both to do myself , and to ...
... look over not once nor twice ( rather than any other part of the book ) , for they contain the best expression I have yet been able to put in words of what , so far as is within my power , I mean henceforward both to do myself , and to ...
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... looks , and kindly thoughts , and saintly aspirations , are not one whit more thought of or loved by the great Maker and Master than any poor little red , black , or blue savage , running wild in the pestilent woods , or naked on the ...
... looks , and kindly thoughts , and saintly aspirations , are not one whit more thought of or loved by the great Maker and Master than any poor little red , black , or blue savage , running wild in the pestilent woods , or naked on the ...
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... look out " sol- lennis , " and fix the sense of the word well in your mind , and remember that every day of your early life is ordaining irrev- ocably , for good or evil , the custom and practice of your soul ; ordaining either sacred ...
... look out " sol- lennis , " and fix the sense of the word well in your mind , and remember that every day of your early life is ordaining irrev- ocably , for good or evil , the custom and practice of your soul ; ordaining either sacred ...
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... look yourself fairly in the face , in mind as well as body . I do not doubt but that the mind is a less pleasant thing to look at than the face , and for that very reason it needs more looking at ; so always have two mirrors on your ...
... look yourself fairly in the face , in mind as well as body . I do not doubt but that the mind is a less pleasant thing to look at than the face , and for that very reason it needs more looking at ; so always have two mirrors on your ...
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Page 45 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swol'n with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 264 - Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 89 - Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. "Myself...
Page 422 - BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Page 255 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 45 - Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks
Page 428 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Page 119 - ... we find only in the great Christian poet, the consciousness of a moral law, through which "the gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to scourge us ; " and of the resolved arbitration of the destinies, that conclude into precision of doom what we feebly and blindly began ; and force us, when our indiscretion serves us, and our deepest plots do pall, to the confession, that "there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 87 - In so far as it is not this, it is not home; so far as the anxieties of the outer life penetrate into it, and the inconsistently-minded, unknown, unloved, or hostile society of the outer world is allowed by either husband or wife to cross the threshold, it ceases to be home; it is then only a part of that outer world which you have roofed over, and lighted fire in. But so far as it is a sacred place, a vestal temple, a temple of the hearth watched over by Household Gods...
Page 105 - There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate. The red rose cries, 'She is near, she is near;' And the white rose weeps, 'She is late;' The larkspur listens, 'I hear, I hear;' And the lily whispers, 'I wait.