The Ladies' Repository, 23. köideL. Swormstedt and J.H. Power, 1863 |
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... reached up higher after some good and truth , and then , after a brief struggle in some atmosphere of moral and mental defilement , with evil habits and associations with sharp poverty , and the enticements of the senses , which had ...
... reached up higher after some good and truth , and then , after a brief struggle in some atmosphere of moral and mental defilement , with evil habits and associations with sharp poverty , and the enticements of the senses , which had ...
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... reached Lausanne Saturday night . It is situ- ated on a bank that rises steadily and some- what steeply from the shore to a hight of several hundred feet . It is about midway on the western side of the lake . The center of the town is ...
... reached Lausanne Saturday night . It is situ- ated on a bank that rises steadily and some- what steeply from the shore to a hight of several hundred feet . It is about midway on the western side of the lake . The center of the town is ...
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... reached . Like Vevay it is a sheltered nook below modest , before majestic mountains . As I leaned over the balcony of the Cygne , with odors of sweet flowers around me , the calmest of waters reflecting the still stars and sleeping ...
... reached . Like Vevay it is a sheltered nook below modest , before majestic mountains . As I leaned over the balcony of the Cygne , with odors of sweet flowers around me , the calmest of waters reflecting the still stars and sleeping ...
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... reached it the sun had withdrawn its shining , and as we throw ourselves on the grass for our lunch , a driving hail - storm , freezing cold , dashes upon us . It would be difficult if not an im- possibility to erect a house here , as ...
... reached it the sun had withdrawn its shining , and as we throw ourselves on the grass for our lunch , a driving hail - storm , freezing cold , dashes upon us . It would be difficult if not an im- possibility to erect a house here , as ...
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ence are rarely reached and still more rarely occupied . Wordsworth is not the only one who has found " How hard it is to keep Hights which the soul is competent to gain . " It is also evident that where one succeeds in dwelling ...
ence are rarely reached and still more rarely occupied . Wordsworth is not the only one who has found " How hard it is to keep Hights which the soul is competent to gain . " It is also evident that where one succeeds in dwelling ...
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Page 244 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 195 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 317 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 392 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Page 192 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 317 - What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 17 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 194 - Happy he With such a mother ! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him, and tho' he trip and fall He shall not blind his soul with clay.
Page 391 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for Me and thee.
Page 26 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...