MosaicsC. Scribner, 1859 - 408 páginas |
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... the spirit of Byron , seat your- self on a rock by the sea - shore when the sky looks wild and stormy , with but few distant white sails to tell of the existence of man . Seat yourself on a stile in the country , and 26 Mosaics .
... the spirit of Byron , seat your- self on a rock by the sea - shore when the sky looks wild and stormy , with but few distant white sails to tell of the existence of man . Seat yourself on a stile in the country , and 26 Mosaics .
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... existence than sitting at whist with three dummies : and yet many of our prime philosophers have seldom done anything else . " * Sir Walter Scott , with the modesty of true genius , thus writes in his autobiography : " Through every ...
... existence than sitting at whist with three dummies : and yet many of our prime philosophers have seldom done anything else . " * Sir Walter Scott , with the modesty of true genius , thus writes in his autobiography : " Through every ...
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... existence , the highest in argument , the most pompous in structure , and the most equally sustained from the first note to the final ' amen , ' was appreciated by its maker as his own best creation — a bequest to all who love the ...
... existence , the highest in argument , the most pompous in structure , and the most equally sustained from the first note to the final ' amen , ' was appreciated by its maker as his own best creation — a bequest to all who love the ...
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... existence . It is very good for all to dwell much in the presence of the young . The strange and unanswerable questions which children are continually asking , inadequate utterances of unutterable thoughts , convict the proudest ...
... existence . It is very good for all to dwell much in the presence of the young . The strange and unanswerable questions which children are continually asking , inadequate utterances of unutterable thoughts , convict the proudest ...
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... existence as it is given ; and in the circumstances of life do the best we can . It is enough for a man to be himself , patiently to bear his own trials , and proceed hopefully and earnestly to the acquisition of those excellences that ...
... existence as it is given ; and in the circumstances of life do the best we can . It is enough for a man to be himself , patiently to bear his own trials , and proceed hopefully and earnestly to the acquisition of those excellences that ...
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Página 124 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Página 173 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Página 268 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Página 131 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 31 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Página 346 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of Noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Página 126 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Página 379 - ... ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on Earth...
Página 196 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
Página 194 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...