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Page 26
Hail Columbia , happy land , ” at the top of his lungs ! The birds are merrily
wheeling over his head , and diving through the air , and moving here and there
as freely as the wind , yet not one among them carries a lighter heart than that
which he ...
Hail Columbia , happy land , ” at the top of his lungs ! The birds are merrily
wheeling over his head , and diving through the air , and moving here and there
as freely as the wind , yet not one among them carries a lighter heart than that
which he ...
Page 35
... up her mind to be happy , and is determined to be agreeable in all her relations
to society , she will be everywlere surrounded by loving and sympathetic hearts ,
and find herself a greater favorite than she would be were she beautiful .
... up her mind to be happy , and is determined to be agreeable in all her relations
to society , she will be everywlere surrounded by loving and sympathetic hearts ,
and find herself a greater favorite than she would be were she beautiful .
Page 67
Blessings on the man who sows the seeds of a happy nature and a noble
character broadcast wherever his feet wander , — who has a smile alike for joy
and sorrow , a tender word always for a child , a compassionate utterance for
suffering ...
Blessings on the man who sows the seeds of a happy nature and a noble
character broadcast wherever his feet wander , — who has a smile alike for joy
and sorrow , a tender word always for a child , a compassionate utterance for
suffering ...
Page 85
It is useless to tell me that a man can ignore or trample to death the strongest
passion of his nature — the strongest , the purest , and the most ennobling — and
be a happy man . It is useless to say that a man or woman can walk through a ...
It is useless to tell me that a man can ignore or trample to death the strongest
passion of his nature — the strongest , the purest , and the most ennobling — and
be a happy man . It is useless to say that a man or woman can walk through a ...
Page 87
What does He think of men and women who take that passion of love , which was
intended to make them happy , and give them sweet companionship , and bear
young children to their arms , and trample it under their feet as an unholy thing ...
What does He think of men and women who take that passion of love , which was
intended to make them happy , and give them sweet companionship , and bear
young children to their arms , and trample it under their feet as an unholy thing ...
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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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