Kidd's Own Journal, Volym 1William Spooner, 1852 |
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... delight The joyous faces smile , And friendship sheds its holy light All sorrows to beguile ; ' Tis then we feel that though on earth Some blessings be denied , There's one - ' tis sure of heavenly birth- Our own bright fireside ! But ...
... delight The joyous faces smile , And friendship sheds its holy light All sorrows to beguile ; ' Tis then we feel that though on earth Some blessings be denied , There's one - ' tis sure of heavenly birth- Our own bright fireside ! But ...
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... delight . We are much struck with the remarks of Mr. Gosse on the study of Natural His- tory . He says : " That alone is worthy to be called natural history , which investi gates and records the condition of living things , of things in ...
... delight . We are much struck with the remarks of Mr. Gosse on the study of Natural His- tory . He says : " That alone is worthy to be called natural history , which investi gates and records the condition of living things , of things in ...
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... delight as the lark rises on the wing , and carols its early praise for the safe repose of the night . Every page of this book on " Song Birds " is richly illustrated by apposite quotations from the Poets ; Poets with whose fancies and ...
... delight as the lark rises on the wing , and carols its early praise for the safe repose of the night . Every page of this book on " Song Birds " is richly illustrated by apposite quotations from the Poets ; Poets with whose fancies and ...
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... delights as much to people nature with smiling ideal sympathies , as wit does to bring antipathies together , and make them strike light on absurdity . WISDOM . - Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate ...
... delights as much to people nature with smiling ideal sympathies , as wit does to bring antipathies together , and make them strike light on absurdity . WISDOM . - Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate ...
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... delight of our childhood , and an object of protection in our riper years . Wherever there is plenty of shelter for him , his song may be heard throughout the entire year , even in the midst of frost and snow . In the whole catalogue of ...
... delight of our childhood , and an object of protection in our riper years . Wherever there is plenty of shelter for him , his song may be heard throughout the entire year , even in the midst of frost and snow . In the whole catalogue of ...
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Sida 359 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Sida 116 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough and likelihood to lead it : as thus : Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam ; and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel...
Sida 320 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Sida 241 - To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Sida 207 - That is Mr. ." A rap, between familiarity and respect; that demands, and, at the same time, seems to despair of, entertainment. He entereth smiling and — embarrassed. He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, and — draweth it back again. He casually looketh in about dinner-time — when the table is full.
Sida 21 - ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still...
Sida 208 - There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a female Poor Relation. You may do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well; but your indigent sherelative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say, " and affects to go threadbare.
Sida 208 - ... least, this is the case. Her garb is something between a gentlewoman and a beggar, yet the former evidently predominates. She is most provokingly humble, and ostentatiously sensible to her inferiority. He may require to be repressed sometimes — aliquando sufflaminandus erat — but there is no raising her.
Sida 207 - He casually looketh in about dinner-time — when the table is full. He offereth to go away, seeing you have company, but is induced to stay. He filleth a chair, and your visitor's two children are accommodated at a side table. He never cometh upon open days, when your wife says with some complacency, "My dear, perhaps Mr. will drop in to-day.
Sida 67 - I have a boy, Sent by the gods, I hope, to this intent Not yet seen in the court.