Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volumen3 |
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... thought of nothing but poneys , pop - guns , and squibs . The brothers and sisters were nearly all fortunate and happy . Their father and mother * His arms are pinioned with roses . lived to see them well settled in life , and THE NABOB ...
... thought of nothing but poneys , pop - guns , and squibs . The brothers and sisters were nearly all fortunate and happy . Their father and mother * His arms are pinioned with roses . lived to see them well settled in life , and THE NABOB ...
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... thought of the grave - maker's advice to his brother clown respecting the puzzling question , " Who builds stronger than a mason , a shipwright , or a carpenter ? " and it flowed from my pen , without further consideration . Indeed , on ...
... thought of the grave - maker's advice to his brother clown respecting the puzzling question , " Who builds stronger than a mason , a shipwright , or a carpenter ? " and it flowed from my pen , without further consideration . Indeed , on ...
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... thoughts respecting the disposition evinced by my stepmother to persecute me to the utmost of her power . Many of the illi- beral remarks uttered by her respecting my family reached our ears , and generated ill - will . In the town ...
... thoughts respecting the disposition evinced by my stepmother to persecute me to the utmost of her power . Many of the illi- beral remarks uttered by her respecting my family reached our ears , and generated ill - will . In the town ...
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... over- stimulated organ of thought , becomes vapid , and destroys itself by inactivity . Now , if brain and mind be the same , which appears to me highly pro- • be bable , mental disorders , as well as bodily 48 CUDGEL THY BRAINS.
... over- stimulated organ of thought , becomes vapid , and destroys itself by inactivity . Now , if brain and mind be the same , which appears to me highly pro- • be bable , mental disorders , as well as bodily 48 CUDGEL THY BRAINS.
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... thought . I consider such treatment a proof of his wisdom ; for , by relieving and bracing the body , the mind also was relieved and braced , and thus the weeds that were choking the luxuriance of his ideas were VOL . III . D removed ...
... thought . I consider such treatment a proof of his wisdom ; for , by relieving and bracing the body , the mind also was relieved and braced , and thus the weeds that were choking the luxuriance of his ideas were VOL . III . D removed ...
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Página 11 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O ! I have suffered With those that I saw suffer : a brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Página 289 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Página 36 - Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Página 37 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolated bosoms ; mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence...
Página 261 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch*. When owls do cry, '} \ On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Página 227 - Then before All they stand — the holy vow And ring of gold, no fond illusions now, Bind her as his. Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within, when all without is night ; A guardian- angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing...
Página 244 - Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe ! for such a mind Is soft, contemplative, and kind ; And woe to those who train such youth, And spare to press the rights of truth...
Página 120 - Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, i; ' The course of true love never did run smooth ; But, either it was different in blood, — Her.
Página 171 - And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence? How the dear object from the crime remove, Or how distinguish penitence from love? Unequal task! a passion to resign, For hearts so touch'd, so pierc'd, so lost as mine. Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state, How often must it love, how often hate! How often hope, despair, resent, regret, Conceal, disdain, — do all things but forget.