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Pàgina 62
... side of the town , in the Oxford Road Side , and upon the Ashton side , there is comparative barrenness , when you look at the fertility of the valley of the Irwell . In particular reference to the moral influence of Natural History ...
... side of the town , in the Oxford Road Side , and upon the Ashton side , there is comparative barrenness , when you look at the fertility of the valley of the Irwell . In particular reference to the moral influence of Natural History ...
Pàgina 74
... side the fancy predominant and active ; the feelings easily controllable to suit the command of the will ; the emotions less overpowering than in woman ; and those passions strongest , in general , which are the most founded on ...
... side the fancy predominant and active ; the feelings easily controllable to suit the command of the will ; the emotions less overpowering than in woman ; and those passions strongest , in general , which are the most founded on ...
Pàgina 92
... side , whose topmost point is perfection . We purpose now to offer a few remarks on style . By style we mean the peculiar manner in which a person expresses his conceptions by means of lan- guage . We use the term " peculiar , " because ...
... side , whose topmost point is perfection . We purpose now to offer a few remarks on style . By style we mean the peculiar manner in which a person expresses his conceptions by means of lan- guage . We use the term " peculiar , " because ...
Pàgina 101
... side , To the alleys and lanes , where Misfortune and Guilt Their children have gathered , their city have built ; Where Hunger and Vice , like twin beasts of prey , Have hunted their victims to gloom and despair ; Raise the rich ...
... side , To the alleys and lanes , where Misfortune and Guilt Their children have gathered , their city have built ; Where Hunger and Vice , like twin beasts of prey , Have hunted their victims to gloom and despair ; Raise the rich ...
Pàgina 123
... side of a wall , or a hedge , or such like uncomfortable looking place ; and I have won- dered where the same individuals would go to in the evening and having understood that there are fre- quent morning adjournments to the public ...
... side of a wall , or a hedge , or such like uncomfortable looking place ; and I have won- dered where the same individuals would go to in the evening and having understood that there are fre- quent morning adjournments to the public ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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!
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Pàgina 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...