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Page 28
... I suppose , give their possessors , first and last , a great deal of pain . Then
there is the taint of an unpopular blood , that a whole race carry with them as a
badge of humiliation . I have heard of Africans who declared that they would
willingly ...
... I suppose , give their possessors , first and last , a great deal of pain . Then
there is the taint of an unpopular blood , that a whole race carry with them as a
badge of humiliation . I have heard of Africans who declared that they would
willingly ...
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The number of those who are , or who consider themselves , unfortunate in their
physical conformation , is larger than the most of us suppose . I presume that at
least one - half of the readers of this essay are any thing but well satisfied with the
...
The number of those who are , or who consider themselves , unfortunate in their
physical conformation , is larger than the most of us suppose . I presume that at
least one - half of the readers of this essay are any thing but well satisfied with the
...
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Now I suppose this thought of Mr . Neal ' s loafer has been shared by millions of
men . Not that everybody has at some time in his life wished he were a pig , but
that nearly everybody who has had his share of the troubles and responsibilities
of ...
Now I suppose this thought of Mr . Neal ' s loafer has been shared by millions of
men . Not that everybody has at some time in his life wished he were a pig , but
that nearly everybody who has had his share of the troubles and responsibilities
of ...
Page 43
I suppose that much of the charm which simple animal content has for us , is
connected with the memories of childhood . We can all recall a period of our lives
when there was joy in the consciousness of livingwhen animal life , in its ...
I suppose that much of the charm which simple animal content has for us , is
connected with the memories of childhood . We can all recall a period of our lives
when there was joy in the consciousness of livingwhen animal life , in its ...
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No sensible man ever dreams of gathering figs from thistles , or grapes from
bramble - bushes , and no man has the slightest right to suppose that he can
bring up a family to be better than he is . The plant will be true to the seed . We
are in the ...
No sensible man ever dreams of gathering figs from thistles , or grapes from
bramble - bushes , and no man has the slightest right to suppose that he can
bring up a family to be better than he is . The plant will be true to the seed . We
are in the ...
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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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