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الصفحة 40
... knew a man of more endearing qualities . He has no little animosities ; no petty , vin- dictive feelings ; and if he can help any poor , envious creature who may have tried to wound his feelings by a malicious or ill - timed criticism ...
... knew a man of more endearing qualities . He has no little animosities ; no petty , vin- dictive feelings ; and if he can help any poor , envious creature who may have tried to wound his feelings by a malicious or ill - timed criticism ...
الصفحة 41
... knew one so absolutely free from all manner of vanities and vices as Longfellow . . . . . He is the soul of good- nature and candor ; and his whole life has been spent not only in strengthening the foundations of truth and justice , but ...
... knew one so absolutely free from all manner of vanities and vices as Longfellow . . . . . He is the soul of good- nature and candor ; and his whole life has been spent not only in strengthening the foundations of truth and justice , but ...
الصفحة 43
... knew , or pretended to know , everybody , not only of his own time , but of all time . His enemies used to say he bragged a good deal of acquaintances to whom he had never spoken a word . Apropos of this charge against H. W. , we had ...
... knew , or pretended to know , everybody , not only of his own time , but of all time . His enemies used to say he bragged a good deal of acquaintances to whom he had never spoken a word . Apropos of this charge against H. W. , we had ...
الصفحة 50
... you walk ? 4 hours on end ' - That is do you like walking for ( which is our archaic expres- sion for continuously ) ? If I knew that , I would - - arrange accordingly for meeting you . The case 50 MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY .
... you walk ? 4 hours on end ' - That is do you like walking for ( which is our archaic expres- sion for continuously ) ? If I knew that , I would - - arrange accordingly for meeting you . The case 50 MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY .
الصفحة 77
... knew what o'clock it was , but con- stantly asked everybody he met for " the time o ' day . " When informed , and the hour announced did not approximate dinner - time , he became dis- couraged and low - spirited , but revived at the ...
... knew what o'clock it was , but con- stantly asked everybody he met for " the time o ' day . " When informed , and the hour announced did not approximate dinner - time , he became dis- couraged and low - spirited , but revived at the ...
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الصفحة 14 - Latin — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their own vexation, hindrance, and constraint to express many things otherwise, and for the most part worse, than else they would have expressed them.
الصفحة 14 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
الصفحة 82 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
الصفحة 57 - ... the very hill which we were ascending, through deep snows, in a New England sleigh, when my father made known this purpose to me. I could not speak. How could he, I thought, with so large a family and in such narrow circumstances, think of incurring so great an expense for me. A warm glow ran all over me, and I laid my head on my father's shoulder and wept.
الصفحة 82 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
الصفحة 17 - I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side...
الصفحة 28 - It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books in order to love them much. The scholar, in Chaucer, who would rather have " At his beddes head A twenty bokes, clothed in black and red, Of Aristotle and his philosophy, Than robes rich, or fiddle, or psaltrie...
الصفحة 32 - B. Franklin, Philadelphia," my friend's library is richly stored. One of them is " The Charter of Privileges, granted by William Penn Esq: to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories." " PRINTED AND SOLD BY B. FRANKLIN " looks odd enough on the dingy title-page of this old volume, and the contents are full of interest. Rough days were those when " Jehu Curtis " was
الصفحة 249 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
الصفحة 291 - All possibilities are in its hands, No danger daunts it, and no foe withstands; In its sublime audacity of faith, "Be thou removed!