Problems in human nature, by the author of 'Morning clouds'.Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863 - 160 páginas |
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Anne Judith Penny. allowed to be an exception to the common rule of masculine character . Again , in the cruelty of children , ' cruel more from ignorance than will , ' we find the same impulse at work ; the young creature feels its ...
Anne Judith Penny. allowed to be an exception to the common rule of masculine character . Again , in the cruelty of children , ' cruel more from ignorance than will , ' we find the same impulse at work ; the young creature feels its ...
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... character habitually dominates ; we know it has been going on in a scale much larger , but in nature identical , among savage tribes , when brought in contact with our more civilised Anglo - Saxon race . We say the poor savage is ...
... character habitually dominates ; we know it has been going on in a scale much larger , but in nature identical , among savage tribes , when brought in contact with our more civilised Anglo - Saxon race . We say the poor savage is ...
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... characters that have been known , and acting upon each other from childhood , makes it improbable that with them there would be such pleasant conjunction as with newer acquaintance . A well - known chemical fact affords an illustration ...
... characters that have been known , and acting upon each other from childhood , makes it improbable that with them there would be such pleasant conjunction as with newer acquaintance . A well - known chemical fact affords an illustration ...
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... characters are disliked ; on such the pro- tective or monitory , or encouraging powers of their fellow - creatures fail to take any effect ; but nothing is so generally pleasing as one so humble that we can give it encouragement ...
... characters are disliked ; on such the pro- tective or monitory , or encouraging powers of their fellow - creatures fail to take any effect ; but nothing is so generally pleasing as one so humble that we can give it encouragement ...
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... character ; that is , the feeling or thought expressed has no relation to any truth in the mind of the speaker , or doer , beyond this , that he or she wishes to take effect upon the feelings of other people . It is a pity , for nothing ...
... character ; that is , the feeling or thought expressed has no relation to any truth in the mind of the speaker , or doer , beyond this , that he or she wishes to take effect upon the feelings of other people . It is a pity , for nothing ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action admiration allowed appear attempt attention become begin believe better bring brought cause character Christian cold command common conscience course delight desire divine doubt duty effect effort emotion eternal excitement exercise expect experience expression fact faith fear feeling folly force gain give habit happiness heart hold hope human nature ideas imagination impression inclination influence instinct interests kind lead less light live look lose means mind motive never objects observation once ourselves pain pass passion perhaps person pleasure poor possible present probably proof question reach reason regard religion religious respect result seems seldom sense sentiment social society sometimes speak spirit spiritual strength strong suffer suppose surely taken taste things thought true truth turn unless vanity virtue wisdom wish
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Página 132 - Thrice blest is he to whom is given The instinct that can tell That God is on the field when He Is most invisible.
Página 57 - All accidents, and to the very road Which they have fashioned would confine us down, Like engines ; when will their presumption learn, That in the unreasoning progress of the world A wiser spirit is at work for us, A better eye than theirs, most prodigal Of blessings, and most studious of our good, Even in what seem our most unfruitful hours...
Página 74 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's, the same shall save it.
Página 62 - Had proffered them before. To them was life a simple art Of duties to be done, A game where each man took his part, A race where all must run ; A battle whose great scheme and scope They little cared to know, Content as men-at-arms to cope Each with his fronting foe.
Página 1 - Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.
Página 79 - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven : A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal ; A time to break down, and a time to build up ; A time to weep, and a time to laugh ; A time to mourn, and a time to dance...
Página 74 - This made a strange seizure upon my spirit ; it brought light with it, and commanded a silence in my heart of all those tumultuous thoughts that before did use, like masterless hell-hounds, to roar and bellow, and make a hideous noise within me.
Página 93 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Or sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 143 - And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Página 132 - He hides Himself so wondrously, As though there were no God ; He is least seen when all the powers Of ill are most abroad. Or He deserts us at the hour The fight is all but lost ; And seems to leave us to ourselves Just when we need Him most. Yes, there is less to try our faith, In our mysterious creed, , Than in the godless look of earth, In these our hours of need. Ill masters good ; good seems to change To ill with greatest ease ; And, worst of all, the good with good Is at cross purposes.