A Gift for My Young FriendsLeavitt & Allen, 1854 - 260 páginas Contains prose and poetry, natural history, fables, epigrams and conduct of life suggestions. |
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... it shone : The brook observed it with a sigh , But quietly rolled on . The owner of the fountain died ; Neglect soon brought decay ; MAKING RESOLUTIONS . the bursting pipes were ill supplied ;. Good Manners, Brook and Fountain,
... it shone : The brook observed it with a sigh , But quietly rolled on . The owner of the fountain died ; Neglect soon brought decay ; MAKING RESOLUTIONS . the bursting pipes were ill supplied ;. Good Manners, Brook and Fountain,
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... observed it before , but your feathers are of a more delicate white than any that ever I saw in my life ! Ah ! what a fine shape and graceful turn of body is there ! And I dare say you have a beautiful voice . If it be but as fine as ...
... observed it before , but your feathers are of a more delicate white than any that ever I saw in my life ! Ah ! what a fine shape and graceful turn of body is there ! And I dare say you have a beautiful voice . If it be but as fine as ...
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... observations of Mr. Dundas in the House of Commons , Sheridan observed- " The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts . " 84 THE POOR OLD LION.SWEARING . THE POOR OLD LION.
... observations of Mr. Dundas in the House of Commons , Sheridan observed- " The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts . " 84 THE POOR OLD LION.SWEARING . THE POOR OLD LION.
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... observe your sweetness of deportment . This prac- tice , also , by inducing a habit of obliging , will fit you for society , and facilitate and assist your dealing with men in riper years . CONSCIENCE . A FOLLOWER of Pythagoras had ...
... observe your sweetness of deportment . This prac- tice , also , by inducing a habit of obliging , will fit you for society , and facilitate and assist your dealing with men in riper years . CONSCIENCE . A FOLLOWER of Pythagoras had ...
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... observation and study of the sweet and tranquillizing features of nature . I should judge that he preferred a quiet walk , to a noisy revel ; that when among men , he chose the society of good men , and that he was fond of books , which ...
... observation and study of the sweet and tranquillizing features of nature . I should judge that he preferred a quiet walk , to a noisy revel ; that when among men , he chose the society of good men , and that he was fond of books , which ...
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ALPS animals beauty birds bosom breast breath bright CARRIER PIGEON cheer COUSIN MARY creatures cricket cried danger dark death deep Dennie earth ENVY FABLE fair fear fish flowers forest friends frog give grave grove happiness hast hath heart heaven honor hope hour insects JACKDAW king lady leaf light live look LORD CORNWAL manners MELROSE ABBEY mercy mind miss thee MORAL morning mourn murmurs nature ne'er ness nest never night o'er ourselves pain passions peace pectoral fins PHILIP OF MACEDON philosophers Phoenicia poor praise pride proverb quadrupeds racter replied River rose SENECA LAKE serpents shine side sigh SIR WALTER SCOTT skies smile soon sorrow soul spirit stream sweet temper things thou thought tree truth virtue wave wild wind wing YALE COLLEGE young youth
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Página 181 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Página 181 - 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 176 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! T remember.
Página 26 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 235 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher, Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never Is, but always to be blest ; The soul, uneasy, and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Página 29 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Página 224 - I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And...
Página 85 - On thy fair bosom, silver lake, The wild swan spreads his snowy sail, And round his breast the ripples break, As down he bears before the gale. On thy fair bosom, waveless stream, The dipping paddle echoes far, And flashes in the moonlight gleam, And bright reflects the polar star.
Página 104 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath not leave to dwell; Sailor, on the darkening sea ! Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Página 35 - And what are we That hear the question of that voice sublime? Oh, what are all the notes that ever rung From war's vain trumpet by thy thundering side ? Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life to thy unceasing roar ? And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to HIM Who drowned the world and heaped the waters far Above its loftiest mountains ?— a light wave That breaks and whispers of its Maker's might.