Spare hours v. 1, 1861, Volum 1Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1861 |
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Pàgina 14
... knew one man who was almost altogether and absolutely comir , and yet a man of sense , fidelity , courage , and worth , but over his entire nature the comic ruled supreme- the late Sir Adam Fergu- son , whose very face was a breach of ...
... knew one man who was almost altogether and absolutely comir , and yet a man of sense , fidelity , courage , and worth , but over his entire nature the comic ruled supreme- the late Sir Adam Fergu- son , whose very face was a breach of ...
Pàgina 15
... knew he was dying ; there was no levity in his manner , or thought- lessness about his state ; he was kind , and shrewd as ever ; but how he flashed out with utter merriment when he got hold of a joke , or rather when it got hold of him ...
... knew he was dying ; there was no levity in his manner , or thought- lessness about his state ; he was kind , and shrewd as ever ; but how he flashed out with utter merriment when he got hold of a joke , or rather when it got hold of him ...
Pàgina 31
... knew and survive him , liked to tell how Mr. Fuller used to say , that when he was in the pulpit , and saw a buirdly man come along the passage , he would instinctively draw himself up , measure his imaginary antagonist , and forecast ...
... knew and survive him , liked to tell how Mr. Fuller used to say , that when he was in the pulpit , and saw a buirdly man come along the passage , he would instinctively draw himself up , measure his imaginary antagonist , and forecast ...
Pàgina 35
... knew her head was wrong , and was always asking our pardon the dear , gentle old woman : then delirium set in strong , without pause . Her brain gave way , and then came that terrible spectacle , - " The intellectual powor , through ...
... knew her head was wrong , and was always asking our pardon the dear , gentle old woman : then delirium set in strong , without pause . Her brain gave way , and then came that terrible spectacle , - " The intellectual powor , through ...
Pàgina 38
... knew it , but never moved . I looked out ; and there , at the gate , in the dim morning - for the sun was not up- was Jess and the cart , a cloud of steam rising from the old mare . I did not see James ; he was already at - the door ...
... knew it , but never moved . I looked out ; and there , at the gate , in the dim morning - for the sun was not up- was Jess and the cart , a cloud of steam rising from the old mare . I did not see James ; he was already at - the door ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Pàgina 411 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Pàgina 195 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Pàgina 358 - To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside ; and here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.
Pàgina 210 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Pàgina 244 - The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination...
Pàgina 325 - But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way ! Some...
Pàgina 439 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Pàgina 315 - ... the hereditary failing of the first parent, yet manifest — his voice as yet not broken, but something between a childish treble, and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prceludium, of a grunt.
Pàgina 330 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.