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... love by hanging himself in a barn , pronounces a Cato - like soliloquy : - " This said , the ladder he ascends , And from the beam to swing intends ; But first to purge his conscience means , And make confession of his sins .
... love by hanging himself in a barn , pronounces a Cato - like soliloquy : - " This said , the ladder he ascends , And from the beam to swing intends ; But first to purge his conscience means , And make confession of his sins .
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Up to a period not very remote , when the science of road making was in a very primitive state , it was customary in rural districts to level the roads by means of a plough . This was purchased from the parish funds , and called " the ...
Up to a period not very remote , when the science of road making was in a very primitive state , it was customary in rural districts to level the roads by means of a plough . This was purchased from the parish funds , and called " the ...
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I have not the means of procuring any information about them ; but I think it might be possible to engage others in the undertaking . The amusing Life of Emerson , prefixed to his Works , would be a model for the biographies I should ...
I have not the means of procuring any information about them ; but I think it might be possible to engage others in the undertaking . The amusing Life of Emerson , prefixed to his Works , would be a model for the biographies I should ...
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20th , 1862 , seems to me to exhibit a fine full - grown specimen of what is engendered by that insatiable love of paradox cherished by many comparative philologists : " The word wale ' means in the English language a rising part upon ...
20th , 1862 , seems to me to exhibit a fine full - grown specimen of what is engendered by that insatiable love of paradox cherished by many comparative philologists : " The word wale ' means in the English language a rising part upon ...
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The autobiography is said to be an " abridgement of the memoir originally written by himself ; " which means only , I suppose , that some passages have been omitted ; for there can be no doubt that the whole of what is printed is ...
The autobiography is said to be an " abridgement of the memoir originally written by himself ; " which means only , I suppose , that some passages have been omitted ; for there can be no doubt that the whole of what is printed is ...
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Page 432 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 49 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 34 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 305 - And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Page 264 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 330 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 34 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 109 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 341 - Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply .. Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny.