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Page 36
They are gifts of God , and they are very good ; but there are better things in this
world than a good face , and better things than the admiration which a good face
wins . I am more and more convinced , as the years pass away , that the choicest
...
They are gifts of God , and they are very good ; but there are better things in this
world than a good face , and better things than the admiration which a good face
wins . I am more and more convinced , as the years pass away , that the choicest
...
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and stars flashing in the heavens , and the flowers of myriad hues that are
scattered over the earth , but if these are objects of His special admiration , as
they are of ours , what can He think of a drab Shaker bonnet ? What can He think
when ...
and stars flashing in the heavens , and the flowers of myriad hues that are
scattered over the earth , but if these are objects of His special admiration , as
they are of ours , what can He think of a drab Shaker bonnet ? What can He think
when ...
Page 89
It lacks the roundness and fulness , and richness and sweetness , that belong to
a truly admirable character . Such a man caricatures Christianity , and scares
other men away from it . Such a man ostentatiously presents himself as one in ...
It lacks the roundness and fulness , and richness and sweetness , that belong to
a truly admirable character . Such a man caricatures Christianity , and scares
other men away from it . Such a man ostentatiously presents himself as one in ...
Page 92
A beautiful face and form are admirable , and just as good as they are admirable
- just as good in their element of beauty . They are good for that quality , and in
that quality , which excites our admiraM . tion . A beautiful bonnet , a beautiful ...
A beautiful face and form are admirable , and just as good as they are admirable
- just as good in their element of beauty . They are good for that quality , and in
that quality , which excites our admiraM . tion . A beautiful bonnet , a beautiful ...
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A beautiful bonnet , a beautiful dress , a beautiful brooch or necklace , are all
admirable , and good because they are admirable , or good because every thing
admirable is necessarily good . A family over which the father presides with
tender ...
A beautiful bonnet , a beautiful dress , a beautiful brooch or necklace , are all
admirable , and good because they are admirable , or good because every thing
admirable is necessarily good . A family over which the father presides with
tender ...
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Page 16 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 190 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, ! For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 23 - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Page 313 - My stubborn right abide ; I set a plain man's common sense Against the pedant's pride. To-day shall simple manhood try The strength of gold and land ; The wide world has not wealth to buy The power in my right hand...
Page 7 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
Page 175 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 248 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 234 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong ; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean.sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Page 234 - Tis the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offence Suffered or done.
Page 209 - It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lessons in Life: A Series of Familiar Essays |
| Author | Timothy Titcomb |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1861 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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