Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c1861 |
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... young man , while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty ; be without place or power , while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes , while others gain the accom- plishment of theirs by flattery ...
... young man , while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty ; be without place or power , while others beg their way upwards ; bear the pain of disappointed hopes , while others gain the accom- plishment of theirs by flattery ...
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... young miscreant who massacred prisoners taken in war , sacrificed human beings to idols , and burnt them in Smithfield . Appearances . The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us . If all but myself were blind , I should never ...
... young miscreant who massacred prisoners taken in war , sacrificed human beings to idols , and burnt them in Smithfield . Appearances . The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us . If all but myself were blind , I should never ...
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... young together are mix'd , The good and the bad with each other affix'd ; The grave and the gay , the old fashion'd and new ; The ugly , and such as are beautiful too ! The borrower of a book incurs two obligations . The first is , to ...
... young together are mix'd , The good and the bad with each other affix'd ; The grave and the gay , the old fashion'd and new ; The ugly , and such as are beautiful too ! The borrower of a book incurs two obligations . The first is , to ...
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... young one ) should have inward firmness , steadiness , and intrepidity , with exterior modesty and seeming diffidence . He must modestly , but resolutely , assert his own rights and privileges . He should possess frankness , openness ...
... young one ) should have inward firmness , steadiness , and intrepidity , with exterior modesty and seeming diffidence . He must modestly , but resolutely , assert his own rights and privileges . He should possess frankness , openness ...
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... young and proud , Banners on high , and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud , And those which waved are shredless dust ere now , And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow . Cataract . The sounding ...
... young and proud , Banners on high , and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud , And those which waved are shredless dust ere now , And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow . Cataract . The sounding ...
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angels Barry Cornwall beauty Bernardo Tasso better birds bless blest breast breath bright charm cheerful child clouds Countess of Winchelsea dark dear death doth dream earth Eliza Cook eternity eyes faith fear feeling felonious flight flowers fools gentle give gold grave hand happy hath heart heaven honour hope hour human labour life's light live look man's marriage matter philosophy mind moral morning nature Nature's never night o'er pain passion peace pleasure poor prayer proud rainbow Children religion rich round Shakespere sigh Sir Walter Scott sleep smile soft sorrow soul speak spirit storm of passion sunbeam sweet tears tell temper thee thine things Thomas Brown thought To-day to-morrow toil true truth virtue voice waves Way-marks wear weary wind wise woman words young youth
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Página 85 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 17 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Página 45 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Página 204 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Página 75 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord, — its various tone, Each spring, — its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute; We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 266 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Página 117 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Página 229 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 17 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Página 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...