Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volumen1Jeannette Leonard Gilder O.T. Harris, 1910 |
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... looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in itself at the sight of a multitude of people who seem pleased with one another and partake of the same common entertainment . I could not but ...
... looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in itself at the sight of a multitude of people who seem pleased with one another and partake of the same common entertainment . I could not but ...
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... looked upon them as a piece of natural criticism , and was well pleased to hear him , at the conclusion of almost every scene , telling me that he could not imagine how the play would end . One while he appeared much concerned for ...
... looked upon them as a piece of natural criticism , and was well pleased to hear him , at the conclusion of almost every scene , telling me that he could not imagine how the play would end . One while he appeared much concerned for ...
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... looked as if he saw something . " As we were the first that came into the house , so we were the last that went out of it ; being resolved to have a clear passage for our old friend , whem we did not care to venture among the jostling ...
... looked as if he saw something . " As we were the first that came into the house , so we were the last that went out of it ; being resolved to have a clear passage for our old friend , whem we did not care to venture among the jostling ...
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... looked at ) I take to be the honor of our house , Sir Humphrey de Coverley : he was in his dealings as punctual as a tradesman , and as generous as a gentleman . He would have thought himself as much undone by breaking his word as if it ...
... looked at ) I take to be the honor of our house , Sir Humphrey de Coverley : he was in his dealings as punctual as a tradesman , and as generous as a gentleman . He would have thought himself as much undone by breaking his word as if it ...
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... looked more meek and fair ! We parted back her silken hair , We wove the roses round her brow- White buds , the summer's drifted snow-- Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers ... And thus went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours ...
... looked more meek and fair ! We parted back her silken hair , We wove the roses round her brow- White buds , the summer's drifted snow-- Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers ... And thus went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours ...
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Página 147 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 149 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 20 - Change, the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before the bell rings. My friend Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing.
Página 196 - A single life doth well with churchmen: for charity will hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a pool.
Página 150 - We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. And here's a hand, my trusty fiere, And gie's a hand o' thine ; And we'll tak a right guid willie-waught, For auld lang syne.
Página 196 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind f1xed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is 'Nunc dimittis,' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 136 - MERMAN COME, dear children, let us away ; Down and away below ! Now my brothers call from the bay, Now the great winds shoreward blow, Now the salt tides seaward flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away ! This way, this way ! Call her once before you go — Call once yet ! In a voice that she will know : "Margaret! Margaret!
Página 20 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Página 196 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Página 137 - Margaret ! Margaret ! Come dear children, come away down. Call no more. One last look at the white-walled town, And the little grey church on the windy shore, Then come down. She will not come though you call all day. Come away, come away. Children dear, was it yesterday...