Early Recollections of Newport, R. I.: From the Year 1793 to 1811A. J. Ward, C. E. Hammett, jr., 1868 - 284 páginas |
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... MEMORY wakes , and , lo ! they live , Clothed with far softer hues than light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below , To soothe and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm ...
... MEMORY wakes , and , lo ! they live , Clothed with far softer hues than light can give . Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below , To soothe and sweeten all the cares we know ; Whose glad suggestions still each vain alarm ...
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... profitably unlock the storehouse of memory , and give such a familiar narrative of " olden time " as would prove acceptable in old homesteads and to new - comers ; and I now sub- mit the work with all its unintentional errors , if.
... profitably unlock the storehouse of memory , and give such a familiar narrative of " olden time " as would prove acceptable in old homesteads and to new - comers ; and I now sub- mit the work with all its unintentional errors , if.
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... memories clustering about home . It will be seen from the foregoing , that the writer has had in mind the picture of his child- hood , gradually expanding , and softening to the autumn of his being . Believing that a familiar narrative ...
... memories clustering about home . It will be seen from the foregoing , that the writer has had in mind the picture of his child- hood , gradually expanding , and softening to the autumn of his being . Believing that a familiar narrative ...
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... memory has retained all of the little incidents connected with that hospital experi- ence . The food given to us little children was bread and milk , and meal dumplings and mo- lasses . Nothing else crossed our lips , save some bitter ...
... memory has retained all of the little incidents connected with that hospital experi- ence . The food given to us little children was bread and milk , and meal dumplings and mo- lasses . Nothing else crossed our lips , save some bitter ...
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... memory , that , up to this late period of my life , I retain the keenest recollection of their poignancy . But no matter : these daily immer- sions worked well , worked to a charm . I was fed entirely upon bread and milk , and whitepot ...
... memory , that , up to this late period of my life , I retain the keenest recollection of their poignancy . But no matter : these daily immer- sions worked well , worked to a charm . I was fed entirely upon bread and milk , and whitepot ...
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Página 70 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 232 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way "With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página iii - Childhood's loved group revisits every scene ; The tangled wood-walk and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes, and lo, they live ! Clothed with far softer hues than Light can give. Thou first, best friend that Heaven assigns below To...
Página 17 - That, viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway. We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.
Página iii - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies. Each, as the various avenues of sense Delight or sorrow to the soul dispense, Brightens or fades ; yet all, with magic art Control the latent fibres of the heart.
Página 41 - The School's lone porch, with reverend mosses gray, Just tells the pensive pilgrim where it lay. Mute is the bell that rung at peep of dawn, Quickening my truant-feet across the lawn : Unheard the shout that rent the noontide air, When the slow dial gave a pause to care.
Página 132 - To associate all the branches of mankind, And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe. Wise to promote whatever end he means, God opens fruitful nature's various scenes, Each climate needs what other climes produce, And offers something to the general use ; No land but listens to the common call, And in return receives supply from all.
Página 229 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne! Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne ? And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp, And surely I'll be mine, And we'll tak a cup o...
Página 64 - Let thy recreations be ingenious, and bear proportion with thine age. If thou sayest with Paul, " When I was a child I did as a child," say also with him, " But when I was a man I put away childish things.
Página 210 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.