The Western Literary Magazine, and Journal of Education, Science, Arts, and MoralsGeorge Brewster G. Brewster, 1858 |
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... learned in books is ignorant of the world . He who is ignorant of books is often well acquainted with other things ; for life is of the same length in the learned and unlearned . The mind cannot be idle ; if it is not taken up with one ...
... learned in books is ignorant of the world . He who is ignorant of books is often well acquainted with other things ; for life is of the same length in the learned and unlearned . The mind cannot be idle ; if it is not taken up with one ...
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... yearning love . She had learned the capacities of her own heart , and had been made to feel that she could contribute her share toward the happiness of others . Is not this , after all , the highest department 48 THE BELOVED TEACHER .
... yearning love . She had learned the capacities of her own heart , and had been made to feel that she could contribute her share toward the happiness of others . Is not this , after all , the highest department 48 THE BELOVED TEACHER .
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... learned the philosophy of the false and worldly - minded , and they drank in the strange words of Vinton , as thirsty travelers the pure waters of the gushing fountain . When the gathering clouds forewarned them to seek a shelter , they ...
... learned the philosophy of the false and worldly - minded , and they drank in the strange words of Vinton , as thirsty travelers the pure waters of the gushing fountain . When the gathering clouds forewarned them to seek a shelter , they ...
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... learned profession . Some things , however , I have ascertained , respecting this dreadful and fatal disease , by expe- rience - which is said to be a very reliable teacher - and by close observation for years , which , I am inclined to ...
... learned profession . Some things , however , I have ascertained , respecting this dreadful and fatal disease , by expe- rience - which is said to be a very reliable teacher - and by close observation for years , which , I am inclined to ...
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... learned through suffering , becomes the rightful property of other sufferers . Our trials , our triumphs , if rightly considered , are so many vindications of God's dealing with his creatures . I would never allude to my experience , or ...
... learned through suffering , becomes the rightful property of other sufferers . Our trials , our triumphs , if rightly considered , are so many vindications of God's dealing with his creatures . I would never allude to my experience , or ...
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Page 161 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Page 255 - And the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Page 186 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 170 - For the source of glory uncovers his face, And the brightness o'erflows unbounded space; And we drink, as we go, the luminous tides In our ruddy air and our blooming sides: Lo, yonder the living splendors play; Away, on our joyous path, away!
Page 170 - Look, look, through our glittering ranks afar, In the infinite azure, star after star, How they brighten and bloom as they swiftly pass ! How the verdure runs o'er each rolling mass! And the path of the gentle winds is seen, Where the small waves dance, and the young woods lean.
Page 287 - Caesar in dominion ; the first found disgrace, the second disgust, the last ingratitude, and each destruction. To some she is more kind, but not less cruel ; she hands them her cup, and they drink even to stupefaction, until they doubt whether they are men with Philip, or dream that they are gods with Alexander. On some she smiles as...
Page 28 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range of planets suns and adamantine spheres, wheeling unshaken through the void immense : and speak, O man! does this capacious scene with half that kindling majesty dilate thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose refulgent from the stroke of...
Page 186 - I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause.