Concord DaysRoberts Brothers, 1872 - 276 pages |
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... better than coun- cils of friends to settle numerous questions wont to smoulder and fret by an air - tight , or flash forth in no lovely manner at unexpected moments . And where else is conversation possible ? A countryman without an ...
... better than coun- cils of friends to settle numerous questions wont to smoulder and fret by an air - tight , or flash forth in no lovely manner at unexpected moments . And where else is conversation possible ? A countryman without an ...
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... better qualities of their emblazonries , each having something admirable and to be honored in its origin . * Thus the Cock is alike the herald of the dawn and sentinel of the night ; the emblem of watchfulness and of * Verstegan , in ...
... better qualities of their emblazonries , each having something admirable and to be honored in its origin . * Thus the Cock is alike the herald of the dawn and sentinel of the night ; the emblem of watchfulness and of * Verstegan , in ...
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... better know , Why towns and talk sway men below . REEDOM from affairs , and leisure to entertain his thoughts , is the scholar's paradise . Hardly less the delight in comparing notes with another in conver- sation . It is the chiefest ...
... better know , Why towns and talk sway men below . REEDOM from affairs , and leisure to entertain his thoughts , is the scholar's paradise . Hardly less the delight in comparing notes with another in conver- sation . It is the chiefest ...
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... better ; and if it stand these trials , you may offer it to a publisher , and think yourself fortunate if he refuse to print it . Then you may be sure you have written a book worthy of type , and wait with assurance for a publisher and ...
... better ; and if it stand these trials , you may offer it to a publisher , and think yourself fortunate if he refuse to print it . Then you may be sure you have written a book worthy of type , and wait with assurance for a publisher and ...
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... better for his intoler- ance of any inferiority . And fortunate for literature that he is thus choice and exacting . Books , like char- acter , are works of time , and must run the gauntlet of criticism to gain enduring celebrity . The ...
... better for his intoler- ance of any inferiority . And fortunate for literature that he is thus choice and exacting . Books , like char- acter , are works of time , and must run the gauntlet of criticism to gain enduring celebrity . The ...
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Page 93 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 94 - The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ?
Page 79 - And teach her fair steps tread our Earth ; Till that divine Idea, take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine ; Meet you her, my wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 93 - The woman answered, and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband ; 18 For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly.
Page 94 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ : when he is come he will tell us all things.
Page 54 - ... to be sought in the common intercourse of life, among those who speak only to be understood, without ambition of elegance.
Page 142 - And many a mystic thing, Which the divine embraces Of the dear Spouse of Spirits with them will bring, For which it is no shame That dull mortality must not know a name...
Page 82 - Life, that dares send A challenge to his end. And when it comes, say, "Welcome, friend !" Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers.
Page 81 - Smiles, that can warm The blood, yet teach a charm, That chastity shall take no harm. Blushes, that bin The burnish of no sin, Nor flames of aught too hot within. Joys, that confess Virtue their mistress, And have no other head to dress.
Page 35 - ... quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees; And every atom poises for itself, And for the whole. The gentle deities Showed me the lore of colors and of sounds, 60 The innumerable tenements of beauty, The miracle of generative force, Far-reaching concords of astronomy Felt in the plants and in the punctual birds ; Better, the linked purpose of the whole.