Talks about Authors and Their WorkA. Flanagan, 1899 - 230 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 13
... poor , plain home of Mozart , there lived a dark - haired little Jewish boy named Felix Men- delssohn . He and his sister Fanny began to play the piano and compose music just as Mozart did . Felix loved his sister very much and she ...
... poor , plain home of Mozart , there lived a dark - haired little Jewish boy named Felix Men- delssohn . He and his sister Fanny began to play the piano and compose music just as Mozart did . Felix loved his sister very much and she ...
الصفحة 22
... Poor Bobby Burns , " and many do it yet . Yes , with all his wealth of mind , he was poor in will - power . He was not strong enough to keep from drinking too much , and it was this weakness that ruined his life , and left his wife and ...
... Poor Bobby Burns , " and many do it yet . Yes , with all his wealth of mind , he was poor in will - power . He was not strong enough to keep from drinking too much , and it was this weakness that ruined his life , and left his wife and ...
الصفحة 30
... poor " Ichabod Crane , " the school master who " tarried " in the valley to teach the children , are as familiar to him as to the author . The valley is near the village of Tarrytown , which name Irving says was given it by the country ...
... poor " Ichabod Crane , " the school master who " tarried " in the valley to teach the children , are as familiar to him as to the author . The valley is near the village of Tarrytown , which name Irving says was given it by the country ...
الصفحة 41
... poor little Danish boy , who though so poor and obscure found his way by his wonderful stories into the palaces of kings , and into the homes of poets and writers of many lands . His father was a poor , young shoe - maker in the town of ...
... poor little Danish boy , who though so poor and obscure found his way by his wonderful stories into the palaces of kings , and into the homes of poets and writers of many lands . His father was a poor , young shoe - maker in the town of ...
الصفحة 42
... poor little child and had been sent out by her parents to beg . She told little Hans how one day she had sat and cried all day under a bridge . His mother's character is brought into the story of " Only a Fiddler " and " The ...
... poor little child and had been sent out by her parents to beg . She told little Hans how one day she had sat and cried all day under a bridge . His mother's character is brought into the story of " Only a Fiddler " and " The ...
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الصفحة 78 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
الصفحة 79 - A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.' And Deering's Woods are fresh and fair, And with joy that is almost pain My heart goes back to wander there, And among the dreams of the days that were, I find my lost youth again. And the strange and beautiful song, The groves are repeating it still: 'A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
الصفحة 33 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
الصفحة 84 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
الصفحة 67 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.
الصفحة 81 - Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks 1 Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.
الصفحة 33 - Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins ; and it is a common wish of all hen-pecked husbands in the neighborhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon.
الصفحة 97 - ... Father ! let Thy spirit Be with me then to comfort and uphold ; No gate of pearl, no branch of palm I merit. Nor street of shining gold. Suffice it if — my good and ill unreckoned, And both forgiven through Thy abounding grace — I find myself by hands familiar beckoned Unto my fitting place. Some humble door among Thy many mansions, Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease, And flows forever through heaven's green expansions The river of Thy peace.
الصفحة 23 - It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men...
الصفحة 221 - Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they; But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is — Obey ! "A SERVANT WHEN HE REIGNETH" (For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear.