The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volumen2 |
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Página 11
... she lays them under to be such as I could by no means submit to , and which
the more conscientious among them would , I believe , be glad to be freed from ,
if it could be done consistently with the honour and safety of its establishment .
... she lays them under to be such as I could by no means submit to , and which
the more conscientious among them would , I believe , be glad to be freed from ,
if it could be done consistently with the honour and safety of its establishment .
Página 31
Wicked children are a reproach to their parents ; but they , who do right , are an
honour to their grey hairs . The soil is their own , let it not want cultivation ; the
seed which you sow , that also will ye reap . Teach them obedience , and they
will ...
Wicked children are a reproach to their parents ; but they , who do right , are an
honour to their grey hairs . The soil is their own , let it not want cultivation ; the
seed which you sow , that also will ye reap . Teach them obedience , and they
will ...
Página 54
Having learned hence to despise honour and wealth , as vain , frivolous , and not
worth the labour , which is required to obtain them , and baving , in the meantime
, no principles of virtue strong enough to carry them into action , they sink , of ...
Having learned hence to despise honour and wealth , as vain , frivolous , and not
worth the labour , which is required to obtain them , and baving , in the meantime
, no principles of virtue strong enough to carry them into action , they sink , of ...
Página 61
... always be ready to meet the expectations of the country , to defend its liberty ,
and to secure the honour and character of that flag , which " " A thousand years
had braved the battle and the breeze . ' ” HISTORICAL REMARKS ON READING
.
... always be ready to meet the expectations of the country , to defend its liberty ,
and to secure the honour and character of that flag , which " " A thousand years
had braved the battle and the breeze . ' ” HISTORICAL REMARKS ON READING
.
Página 62
Here's Stawell , too , who bears the honour Of fresh nobility upon her , I swear , (
and truth's I hope no treason , ) I never could divine the reason . Bless me ! what's
here ! I did not see Wise Montagu , the Belle Esprit , Who studies , reads , and ...
Here's Stawell , too , who bears the honour Of fresh nobility upon her , I swear , (
and truth's I hope no treason , ) I never could divine the reason . Bless me ! what's
here ! I did not see Wise Montagu , the Belle Esprit , Who studies , reads , and ...
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Página 240 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 240 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly, I know not what, He should, or he should not ; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman...
Página 274 - It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Página 238 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 266 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
Página 96 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Página 221 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Página 291 - My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Página 221 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 238 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.