The Open Fire: And Other EssaysAbingdon Press, 1922 - 346 páginas |
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... sides , the critics - if any notice the book - will save him the trouble of pointing out its faults and deficiencies . If the author avoids his di- lemma by asking a friend to write the intro- duction , he may be laying an unwelcome ...
... sides , the critics - if any notice the book - will save him the trouble of pointing out its faults and deficiencies . If the author avoids his di- lemma by asking a friend to write the intro- duction , he may be laying an unwelcome ...
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... kept a diary of his travels . The pleasantest recollection re- corded in the hard - shell tourist's notes of a sea Voyage was that " the rippling of the water against the sides of our vessel as we sailed along 12 THE OPEN FIRE.
... kept a diary of his travels . The pleasantest recollection re- corded in the hard - shell tourist's notes of a sea Voyage was that " the rippling of the water against the sides of our vessel as we sailed along 12 THE OPEN FIRE.
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And Other Essays William Valentine Kelley. against the sides of our vessel as we sailed along was a very lulling and ... side of run- ning water in secluded valleys , and to inscribe upon the inner walls a sentiment from Bernard of ...
And Other Essays William Valentine Kelley. against the sides of our vessel as we sailed along was a very lulling and ... side of run- ning water in secluded valleys , and to inscribe upon the inner walls a sentiment from Bernard of ...
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... side of the hearth , And I , in books a - browsing , at the other . No question dimmed my clear philosophy . I knew I knew I knew . But as I read from misty Thales onward- Learning what learned men have thought of thought- I lost my way ...
... side of the hearth , And I , in books a - browsing , at the other . No question dimmed my clear philosophy . I knew I knew I knew . But as I read from misty Thales onward- Learning what learned men have thought of thought- I lost my way ...
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... side is not " Awake , my soul , stretch every nerve , " nor " My soul , be on thy guard , " but , rather , " My willing soul would stay in such a frame as this . " The soothing , tranquillizing , restorative touch of elemental things is ...
... side is not " Awake , my soul , stretch every nerve , " nor " My soul , be on thy guard , " but , rather , " My willing soul would stay in such a frame as this . " The soothing , tranquillizing , restorative touch of elemental things is ...
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Página 183 - Still thou turnedst, and still Beckonedst the trembler, and still Gavest the weary thy hand. If, in the paths of the world, Stones might have wounded thy feet, Toil or dejection have tried Thy spirit, of that we saw Nothing - to us thou wast still Cheerful, and helpful, and firm! Therefore to thee it was given Many to save with thyself; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd! to come, Bringing thy sheep in thy hand.
Página 184 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
Página 326 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Página 13 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 213 - IF Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, — I say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through heaven and hell, The earth, the sea, and the air...
Página 183 - for I of late have been Much cheered with thoughts of Christ, the living bread.
Página 263 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Página 175 - In other words, that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers: all pleasant, delightful, and undisturbed; enjoying a sweet calm, and the gently vivifying beams of the sun. The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its...
Página 86 - I say, the acknowledgment of God in Christ Accepted by thy reason, solves for thee All questions in the earth and out of it, And has so far advanced thee to be wise.
Página 255 - I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven...