The kaleidoscope of anecdotes and aphorisms, collected by C. SinclairCatherine Sinclair 1851 |
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... poor man . " " " A lady applied once to the late benevolent Mr. Rey- nolds of Bristol , on behalf of an orphan . After he had given liberally , she said : " When he is old enough , I will teach him to name and thank his benefactor ...
... poor man . " " " A lady applied once to the late benevolent Mr. Rey- nolds of Bristol , on behalf of an orphan . After he had given liberally , she said : " When he is old enough , I will teach him to name and thank his benefactor ...
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... poor heartless creatures to be envied ? Can you think that the Duc de Richelieu was a happier man than Fenelon ? or Dean Swift than Bishop Berkeley ? -Sharp's Essays , p . 53 . To swearers : Is there a God to swear by , and is there ...
... poor heartless creatures to be envied ? Can you think that the Duc de Richelieu was a happier man than Fenelon ? or Dean Swift than Bishop Berkeley ? -Sharp's Essays , p . 53 . To swearers : Is there a God to swear by , and is there ...
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... poor and over - wrought , a mere oblivion of care and pain ; to the rich and refined , luxurious ease and pleasing objects and emotions , presented in rapid succession , and received and enjoyed without effort offer a paradise beyond ...
... poor and over - wrought , a mere oblivion of care and pain ; to the rich and refined , luxurious ease and pleasing objects and emotions , presented in rapid succession , and received and enjoyed without effort offer a paradise beyond ...
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... poor . In their cause he shrunk from no privation , and declined neither insult nor hostility . To such wrongs he opposed the weapons of an all - enduring meekness , and a love which would not be repulsed . The springs of his ...
... poor . In their cause he shrunk from no privation , and declined neither insult nor hostility . To such wrongs he opposed the weapons of an all - enduring meekness , and a love which would not be repulsed . The springs of his ...
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... poor proof that I were on my voyage to India ; that with glowing eloquence and thrilling poetry , I could discourse on the palm - groves and spice - isles of the East . Am I on the waters ? Is the sail hoisted to the wind ? and does the ...
... poor proof that I were on my voyage to India ; that with glowing eloquence and thrilling poetry , I could discourse on the palm - groves and spice - isles of the East . Am I on the waters ? Is the sail hoisted to the wind ? and does the ...
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Página 201 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third'* — (' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house.
Página 391 - Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me.
Página 106 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Página 247 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake : the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter ! All his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.
Página 170 - Who is it that causes to blow the loud winds of winter, and that calms them again in the summer? Who is it that rears up the shade of these lofty forests and blasts them with the quick lightning at his pleasure? The same Being who gave to you a country on the other side of the waters, and gave ours to us; and by this title we will defend it...
Página 159 - Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake.
Página 116 - A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, duty performed, or duty violated, is still with us, for our happiness or our misery.
Página 2 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Página 103 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Página 23 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.