The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Selections and Masterpieces from Their Writings ...Fifth avenue library society, 1899 |
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... increase you in all virtue and good living . Written of mine hand the day of my departing from this land . Your true and loving father .-- Paston Letters . FENNER , CORNELIUS GEORGE , an American poet and divine JOHN FENN 39.
... increase you in all virtue and good living . Written of mine hand the day of my departing from this land . Your true and loving father .-- Paston Letters . FENNER , CORNELIUS GEORGE , an American poet and divine JOHN FENN 39.
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... poet and divine , was born at Providence , R. I. , December 30 , 1822 ; died at Cincinnati , O. , Janu- ary 4 , 1847. His ancestors were among the earli- est inhabitants of his native city . He was edu- cated at Brown University , from ...
... poet and divine , was born at Providence , R. I. , December 30 , 1822 ; died at Cincinnati , O. , Janu- ary 4 , 1847. His ancestors were among the earli- est inhabitants of his native city . He was edu- cated at Brown University , from ...
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... is prepared for servitude ; in the one , it is subdued by fear of the future ; in the other , it is not roused even by its sense of the present . - History of Civil Society . FERGUSON , SIR SAMUEL , an Irish lawyer and poet. ADAM FERGUSON ...
... is prepared for servitude ; in the one , it is subdued by fear of the future ; in the other , it is not roused even by its sense of the present . - History of Civil Society . FERGUSON , SIR SAMUEL , an Irish lawyer and poet. ADAM FERGUSON ...
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... poet , born at Belfast , March 10 , 1810 ; died at Howth , County Dublin , August 9 , 1886. He was educated at Trinity College , Dublin ; was ad- mitted to the Irish Bar in 1838 , and to the Inner Bar in 1859. He was appointed Deputy ...
... poet , born at Belfast , March 10 , 1810 ; died at Howth , County Dublin , August 9 , 1886. He was educated at Trinity College , Dublin ; was ad- mitted to the Irish Bar in 1838 , and to the Inner Bar in 1859. He was appointed Deputy ...
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... restless bed amid the tossing wave- Oh , though our Anchor may not be all I have fondly sung , Honor him for their memory , whose bones he goes among . FERGUSSON , ROBERT , a Scottish poet , born at 48 SAMUEL FERGUSON.
... restless bed amid the tossing wave- Oh , though our Anchor may not be all I have fondly sung , Honor him for their memory , whose bones he goes among . FERGUSSON , ROBERT , a Scottish poet , born at 48 SAMUEL FERGUSON.
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Page 344 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, 'sir, in the sacred writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 161 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 348 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will...
Page 341 - Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut Street, eating my roll all the way and, coming round, found myself again at Market Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in a boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Page 80 - And don't you make any noise!" So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true!
Page 349 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 161 - Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
Page 353 - What's he? What? Touch-paper to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? Them and their works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind.
Page 351 - ... said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Page 341 - I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way.