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Page 9
The shadows among the woods are black and massive , and the whole face of
nature looks painfully clean , like that of a healthy little boy who has been bathed
in a chilly room with very cold 1 * . LESSON MOODS AND FRAMES OF Mind, ...
The shadows among the woods are black and massive , and the whole face of
nature looks painfully clean , like that of a healthy little boy who has been bathed
in a chilly room with very cold 1 * . LESSON MOODS AND FRAMES OF Mind, ...
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I look out from my window , and think how delightful it would be to take a seat in
the sun , down under the fence , across the street . It seems to me that if I could sit
there awhile , and get warm , I could think better and write better . Toasting in the
...
I look out from my window , and think how delightful it would be to take a seat in
the sun , down under the fence , across the street . It seems to me that if I could sit
there awhile , and get warm , I could think better and write better . Toasting in the
...
Page 22
The world looks pleasant to him , the heavens smile kindly upon him , and the
Divine Spirit witnesses with his own that he is at peace and in harmony with God .
Joy thrills him as he greets the morning light , and peace nestles upon his heart ...
The world looks pleasant to him , the heavens smile kindly upon him , and the
Divine Spirit witnesses with his own that he is at peace and in harmony with God .
Joy thrills him as he greets the morning light , and peace nestles upon his heart ...
Page 26
Into the midst of all this delicious confusion there breaks a note that belongs to
another race of creatures ; and as I look from my window , and see the singer , my
eyes fill with tears . It is a little boy , possibly twelve years old , though he looks ...
Into the midst of all this delicious confusion there breaks a note that belongs to
another race of creatures ; and as I look from my window , and see the singer , my
eyes fill with tears . It is a little boy , possibly twelve years old , though he looks ...
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Perhaps they are simply ugly , and are aware that no one can look in their faces
with other thought than that they are ugly . Now it is a pleasant thing to have a
pleasant face , and an agreeable form . It is pleasant for a man to be large , well ...
Perhaps they are simply ugly , and are aware that no one can look in their faces
with other thought than that they are ugly . Now it is a pleasant thing to have a
pleasant face , and an agreeable form . It is pleasant for a man to be large , well ...
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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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