Salad for the SolitaryDewitt and Davenport, 1854 - Всего страниц: 344 |
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... says he , " I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton , that she used to talk of it . My mother , who was affected by little things , told me seriously that it would hardly ever be forgotten . " Dryden , writing in 1699 to a lady , de ...
... says he , " I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton , that she used to talk of it . My mother , who was affected by little things , told me seriously that it would hardly ever be forgotten . " Dryden , writing in 1699 to a lady , de ...
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... says of himself , " that he was a fit person to have lived in the world when acorns were the food of men . " Shelley , who had an ineffable contempt for all the sensualities of the table , and , like Newton , used sometimes to inquire ...
... says of himself , " that he was a fit person to have lived in the world when acorns were the food of men . " Shelley , who had an ineffable contempt for all the sensualities of the table , and , like Newton , used sometimes to inquire ...
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... says he discon tinued it , and recovered the use of the limb . Benjamin Franklin at one time contemplated practising absti- nence from animal food . " I hesitated some time , " says he , " between principle and inclination , till at ...
... says he discon tinued it , and recovered the use of the limb . Benjamin Franklin at one time contemplated practising absti- nence from animal food . " I hesitated some time , " says he , " between principle and inclination , till at ...
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... say , that " greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking . " This striking and just remark is , however , only an abridgment of one by Swift , who pronounces temperance to be " a necessary virtue for great men ...
... say , that " greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking . " This striking and just remark is , however , only an abridgment of one by Swift , who pronounces temperance to be " a necessary virtue for great men ...
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... to prove another Xantippe ? Who even in familiar converse with his friend , tells " the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ? " Shenstone , speaking of the philosophy of talking , says 32 SALAD FOR THE SOLITARY .
... to prove another Xantippe ? Who even in familiar converse with his friend , tells " the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ? " Shenstone , speaking of the philosophy of talking , says 32 SALAD FOR THE SOLITARY .
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Стр. 174 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Стр. 10 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Стр. 59 - The friends, who in our sunshine live, When winter comes, are flown; And he who has but tears to give, Must weep those tears alone. But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.
Стр. 183 - For him, the Spring Distils her dews, and from the silken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds; for him, the hand Of Autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming gold and blushes like the morn.
Стр. 229 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shall not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Стр. 110 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Стр. 258 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Стр. 162 - Prostrate my contrite heart I rend, My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me in my end.
Стр. 171 - Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie.
Стр. 177 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.