Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet, Volumen3D.A. Woodworth, 1852 |
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... writer , " the old birds remain within their holes , and when most other birds are gone to rest , they issue forth in great numbers , spreading themselves far over the surface of the sea . The fishermen then meet them very numerously ...
... writer , " the old birds remain within their holes , and when most other birds are gone to rest , they issue forth in great numbers , spreading themselves far over the surface of the sea . The fishermen then meet them very numerously ...
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... Writing familiarly to the man who managed his mother's farm in New Hampshire , he says , some months before he went home to Marshfield to die , " John Taylor , when you look upon the graves of my family , remember that he who is the ...
... Writing familiarly to the man who managed his mother's farm in New Hampshire , he says , some months before he went home to Marshfield to die , " John Taylor , when you look upon the graves of my family , remember that he who is the ...
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... write to me , think the Cabinet is pretty tame without a few pages of table talk . I should think , indeed , to listen to what they say , that they regarded such a number quite incomplete - much as they would look upon a house without ...
... write to me , think the Cabinet is pretty tame without a few pages of table talk . I should think , indeed , to listen to what they say , that they regarded such a number quite incomplete - much as they would look upon a house without ...
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... write poetry before . I generally judge , or mean to judge of an article according to its merits , when I am balancing the question in my mind whether to admit it into the Cabinet , without taking into account the age or advantages of ...
... write poetry before . I generally judge , or mean to judge of an article according to its merits , when I am balancing the question in my mind whether to admit it into the Cabinet , without taking into account the age or advantages of ...
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... write oftener , that's all . OUR BUDGET OF PUZZLES . There are puzzles enough for you in this number of the Cabinet , are there not ? I think you will have your hands full , if you attempt to solve them all . But never mind if foiled in ...
... write oftener , that's all . OUR BUDGET OF PUZZLES . There are puzzles enough for you in this number of the Cabinet , are there not ? I think you will have your hands full , if you attempt to solve them all . But never mind if foiled in ...
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Página 58 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Página 17 - Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
Página 57 - I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Página 35 - And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home, — A home, if such a place may be, For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them to spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing...
Página 160 - Little deeds of kindness Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, • Like the heaven above.
Página 33 - I could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of an unfinished task before my mind. I early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it soon became easy to do so. It is to this I owe my prosper^." Let every one who reads this do likewise. COURTESIES. — How much does it cost you to say "I thank you" to your husband, your children, your domestics?
Página 32 - Instantly he turned his horse, and went off at full gallop to the place where he had stopped. He saw with half-averted eyes the scene where the tragedy was acted ; he perceived the traces of blood as he proceeded ; he was oppressed and distracted ; but in vain did he look for his dog — he was not to be seen on the road. At last he arrived at the spot where he had alighted. But what were his sensations ! His heart was ready to bleed ; he execrated himself in the madness of despair.
Página 32 - Oh, could I find any one to perform this cruel office for me ! but there is no time to lose ; I myself may become the victim if I spare him.
Página 248 - If an acorn be suspended by a piece of thread within half an inch of the surface of some water contained in a hyacinth glass, and so permitted to remain without being disturbed, it will, in a few months, burst, and throw a root down into the water, and shoot upwards its straight and tapering stem, with beautiful little green leaves.
Página 32 - With these words, he drew a pistol from his pocket, and with a trembling hand, took aim at his faithful servant. He turned away in agony as he fired ; but his aim was too sure. The poor animal...