My youthful companions, by the author of 'My school-boy days'.Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 154 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 35
... wonder that " a philosopher " should succumb to a self - willed boy . He took the first opportunity , indeed , of drawing me aside to express his sur- prise that I should submit so readily to one whom he was pleased to say was so far ...
... wonder that " a philosopher " should succumb to a self - willed boy . He took the first opportunity , indeed , of drawing me aside to express his sur- prise that I should submit so readily to one whom he was pleased to say was so far ...
الصفحة 43
... wonder if he owned not the control of a parent , he could not be expected to pay regard to the voice of a youthful companion . I do not intend , however , to represent Cousin John as habitually disobedient to his father : on the ...
... wonder if he owned not the control of a parent , he could not be expected to pay regard to the voice of a youthful companion . I do not intend , however , to represent Cousin John as habitually disobedient to his father : on the ...
الصفحة 60
... wonder is it then that he was impatient of restraint . If little or no restraint had ever been exercised upon him at home when young , could it be expected that at the age when youth generally wish to be their own masters , he would ...
... wonder is it then that he was impatient of restraint . If little or no restraint had ever been exercised upon him at home when young , could it be expected that at the age when youth generally wish to be their own masters , he would ...
الصفحة 61
... wonder long . I was soon informed that I should not find him located in Lee Cottage many months longer , and upon enquiring " why ? " I was told that by speculation his circumstances were so reduced that he should no longer be able to ...
... wonder long . I was soon informed that I should not find him located in Lee Cottage many months longer , and upon enquiring " why ? " I was told that by speculation his circumstances were so reduced that he should no longer be able to ...
الصفحة 113
... wonder , are instances of its resistless force . By it the quarry becomes a pyramid , and by it distant countries are united by canals and railways . If we compare the effects of a single stroke of the pickaxe , or of one impression of ...
... wonder , are instances of its resistless force . By it the quarry becomes a pyramid , and by it distant countries are united by canals and railways . If we compare the effects of a single stroke of the pickaxe , or of one impression of ...
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Alfred Rowland Arthur Sampson asked beautiful character Charles Murphy Coachy cottage Cousin John dear friend dear old schoolfellow death delight dervise diligence door drachmas endeavoured Esquire eyes Father William replied fear feel felt fish forget fortune Frank Goddard Fred Sherbourne friendship gentleman giving up angling gold gold-headed cane grave hand happy hath hear heart honour hope hour indolent Izaak Walton John Morphew John's letter live London look Master Evrett Matt Norden mind Mother Marpet neighbours never occasion old companions old friend Gervase old woman once parents Patroclus philosopher piety pleased pleasure poet racter recollect rejoined remarked rich scene seek Sherbourne's sibyl soon sorrow soul spirit sure sweet tale tears tell thee THEOCRITUS thing thou thought truth Uncle John Vice views walk wealth William Doane William Gervase wish wonder youthful companions
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الصفحة 143 - Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
الصفحة 67 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
الصفحة 130 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
الصفحة 49 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
الصفحة 51 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
الصفحة 143 - WISDOM hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine ; she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her maidens : she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him , Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
الصفحة 78 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 25 - You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful and love to converse upon death: Now tell me the reason, I pray.
الصفحة 130 - MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
الصفحة 143 - Tis, finally, the man who lifted high, Conspicuous object in a nation's eye, Or left unthought of in obscurity, Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse to his wish or not, Plays in the many games of life that one Where what he most doth value must be won...