Spare HoursTicknor and Fields, 1862 - 458 pages |
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... light , and records an undisturbed , uncolored image , un- diminished and unenlarged in its passage ; and he has the moral power , courage , and conscience , to use and devote such an inestimable instrument aright . I need hardly add ...
... light , and records an undisturbed , uncolored image , un- diminished and unenlarged in its passage ; and he has the moral power , courage , and conscience , to use and devote such an inestimable instrument aright . I need hardly add ...
Page 39
... light ; but he didn't need it . I went out , holding stu- pidly the candle in my hand in the calm frosty air ; we were soon at the gate . I could have helped him , but I saw he was not to be meddled with , and he was strong , and did ...
... light ; but he didn't need it . I went out , holding stu- pidly the candle in my hand in the calm frosty air ; we were soon at the gate . I could have helped him , but I saw he was not to be meddled with , and he was strong , and did ...
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... lights and the everlasting hills on the far horizon . You come down the hill a happier , a better , and a hungrier man , and of a better mind . But , as we said , you must eat the book , you must crush it , and cut it with your teeth ...
... lights and the everlasting hills on the far horizon . You come down the hill a happier , a better , and a hungrier man , and of a better mind . But , as we said , you must eat the book , you must crush it , and cut it with your teeth ...
Page 68
... light - hearted Cocker . The Duchess is about the size and weight of a rabbit ; but has a soul as big , as fierce , and as faithful as had Meg Merrilies , with a nose as black as Topsy's ; and is herself every bit as game and queer as ...
... light - hearted Cocker . The Duchess is about the size and weight of a rabbit ; but has a soul as big , as fierce , and as faithful as had Meg Merrilies , with a nose as black as Topsy's ; and is herself every bit as game and queer as ...
Page 75
... light fawn , according to the na- ture of the deep soil , be it ochrey , ferruginous , light clay , or comminuted mica slate . And wonderfullest of all , the DOTS of TAN above the eyes and who has not noticed and wondered as to the ...
... light fawn , according to the na- ture of the deep soil , be it ochrey , ferruginous , light clay , or comminuted mica slate . And wonderfullest of all , the DOTS of TAN above the eyes and who has not noticed and wondered as to the ...
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Page 439 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Page 210 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 325 - But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way ! Some...
Page 411 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 195 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Page 203 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 210 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 283 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Page 175 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.