The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köideHenry Pitman |
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... present day . He is a thoughtful and reflective reader ; he does not resemble many of the present generation , who peruse book after book , sim- ply for temporary pleasure , but reads for lasting profit ; hence he does not , like the ...
... present day . He is a thoughtful and reflective reader ; he does not resemble many of the present generation , who peruse book after book , sim- ply for temporary pleasure , but reads for lasting profit ; hence he does not , like the ...
Page 111
... present means— ( mark that ) — and thereby add proportionately to your comforts and your prosperity . The prudent manufacturer considers how he can economise his productions ; and he estimates the value of any outlay , not so much by ...
... present means— ( mark that ) — and thereby add proportionately to your comforts and your prosperity . The prudent manufacturer considers how he can economise his productions ; and he estimates the value of any outlay , not so much by ...
Page 115
... present foresee . Four - fifths of erime results from intemperance . I have from the Bench seen most lamentable instances - young men blighting their career in their very first step in inde- pendent life ; young women lost to all virtue ...
... present foresee . Four - fifths of erime results from intemperance . I have from the Bench seen most lamentable instances - young men blighting their career in their very first step in inde- pendent life ; young women lost to all virtue ...
Page 120
... present to describe in detail every particular which may ultimately be brought into operation ; but I will trust that a few gentlemen will charge themselves with the care requisite for the formation and carrying out the principles and ...
... present to describe in detail every particular which may ultimately be brought into operation ; but I will trust that a few gentlemen will charge themselves with the care requisite for the formation and carrying out the principles and ...
Page 139
... present ; we won't take a price like that for it . We have been industrious and econo- mical , and have a little laid by against such contingencies ; " then in a short time you might be able to resume labour at the price you had ...
... present ; we won't take a price like that for it . We have been industrious and econo- mical , and have a little laid by against such contingencies ; " then in a short time you might be able to resume labour at the price you had ...
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Page 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 219 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men — between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 175 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Page 175 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 257 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 176 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Page 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...