Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... dear madam , education is a grand thing , and no one values it or appreciates it more than I do ; but health ( and with health happiness and usefulness too ) is a far grander thing . Look at that poor child , she is all nerve and ...
... dear madam , education is a grand thing , and no one values it or appreciates it more than I do ; but health ( and with health happiness and usefulness too ) is a far grander thing . Look at that poor child , she is all nerve and ...
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... benefit of your musing thoughts , they are worth something , I know . " " Worth nothing , my dear sir . They are burrs which you would scarcely thank me for shaking off upon you . I have been looking on 32 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
... benefit of your musing thoughts , they are worth something , I know . " " Worth nothing , my dear sir . They are burrs which you would scarcely thank me for shaking off upon you . I have been looking on 32 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
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... dear young lady , those to whom it was once said , ' Come ye into a desert place and rest awhile , for there were many coming and going , and there was no leisure so much as to eat ? ' They could not make leisure for themselves , and so ...
... dear young lady , those to whom it was once said , ' Come ye into a desert place and rest awhile , for there were many coming and going , and there was no leisure so much as to eat ? ' They could not make leisure for themselves , and so ...
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... a better stimulus to their exertions , than any system of rewards or punishments that could have been de- vised . " Are you fond of poetry , Miss Wilson ? " said Minnie . " Yes , dear , I like some poetry very 60 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
... a better stimulus to their exertions , than any system of rewards or punishments that could have been de- vised . " Are you fond of poetry , Miss Wilson ? " said Minnie . " Yes , dear , I like some poetry very 60 HOME SKETCHES ; OR ,
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... dear , very much ; I know them well , and learnt them when I was about your age . " " And which of all these birds would you be like , Miss Wilson ? At least , which did you choose when you were a little girl , like me , for perhaps you ...
... dear , very much ; I know them well , and learnt them when I was about your age . " " And which of all these birds would you be like , Miss Wilson ? At least , which did you choose when you were a little girl , like me , for perhaps you ...
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Página 132 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
Página 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 132 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Página 77 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 237 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.