My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 33
... look over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day ...
... look over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day ...
Page 36
... look in at the fascinating processes as long as we liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite , which shone beautifully from the oil of the ground seeds . These were fixed on each side of a ...
... look in at the fascinating processes as long as we liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite , which shone beautifully from the oil of the ground seeds . These were fixed on each side of a ...
Page 46
... look at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before ...
... look at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before ...
Page 61
... look so very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school . But to me it seemed a cruel disgrace , and I was miserable so long ...
... look so very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school . But to me it seemed a cruel disgrace , and I was miserable so long ...
Page 71
... look with compassion on the present generation of children and schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any toys for ...
... look with compassion on the present generation of children and schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any toys for ...
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Page 28 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 155 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 155 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 113 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved ; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd ; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed a gloom pervaded space.
Page 101 - ... remarkable is the general spirit of kindness and affection which is shown towards them, and the entire absence of everything that is likely to give them bad habits, with the presence of whatever is calculated to inspire them with good ones ; the consequence is, that they appear like one well-regulated family, united together by the ties of the closest affection. We heard no quarrels from the youngest to the eldest ; and so strongly impressed are they with the conviction that their interest and...
Page 165 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Page 40 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease; So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees!
Page 256 - I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it. I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly, principally with a view to the theory of the origin of species. By that means I am strongly of opinion that some definite results might be arrived at.
Page 358 - ... varieties ; or he may give me trouble by arriving at another conclusion ; but, at all events, his facts will be given for me to work upon.
Page 355 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a preexisting closely allied species.