In the Dozy Hours, and Other PapersHoughton Mifflin, 1894 - 235 من الصفحات |
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... better than meat and drink , " lived without political science , and lost themselves contentedly " in the grossness of beef and ale . " Peacock , moreover , in spite of his keenness and virility , is easily forgotten . We can " read him ...
... better than meat and drink , " lived without political science , and lost themselves contentedly " in the grossness of beef and ale . " Peacock , moreover , in spite of his keenness and virility , is easily forgotten . We can " read him ...
الصفحة 35
... better pur- pose than does Maître Pierre , whose asylum is the hermitage of St. Dunstan , and whose host is the jolly Clerk of Copmanhurst . The grad- ual progress and slow development of the holy hermit's supper , which begins ...
... better pur- pose than does Maître Pierre , whose asylum is the hermitage of St. Dunstan , and whose host is the jolly Clerk of Copmanhurst . The grad- ual progress and slow development of the holy hermit's supper , which begins ...
الصفحة 51
... better , it is worth while to call attention now and then to the useful part they play . It is perhaps a significant fact that mothers , simply because they are mothers , succeed better , as a rule , in bringing up their children than ...
... better , it is worth while to call attention now and then to the useful part they play . It is perhaps a significant fact that mothers , simply because they are mothers , succeed better , as a rule , in bringing up their children than ...
الصفحة 53
... better off than the small boy of to- day whose real engine drags a train of real cars over a miniature elevated railway , almost as ghastly as reality , and whose well - dressed sol- diers cannot fight until they are wound up with a key ...
... better off than the small boy of to- day whose real engine drags a train of real cars over a miniature elevated railway , almost as ghastly as reality , and whose well - dressed sol- diers cannot fight until they are wound up with a key ...
الصفحة 58
... though he was , knew better . He knew he was simply obstinate , and , with the delicious clear - sightedness of children , which ought to put all sentimental theorists - - to shame , he actually proposed to his 58 IN THE DOZY HOURS .
... though he was , knew better . He knew he was simply obstinate , and , with the delicious clear - sightedness of children , which ought to put all sentimental theorists - - to shame , he actually proposed to his 58 IN THE DOZY HOURS .
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الصفحة 37 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
الصفحة 61 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
الصفحة 198 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
الصفحة 18 - As, timing well the equal sound, Thy clutching feet bepat the ground, And all their harmless claws disclose, Like prickles of an early rose; While softly from thy whiskered cheek Thy half-closed eyes peer mild and meek.
الصفحة 235 - ... and whether thou art drowsy or satisfied with sleep; and whether ill-spoken of or praised; and whether dying or doing something else. For it is one of the acts of life, this act by which we die: it is sufficient then in this act also to do well what we have in hand. 3. Look within. Let neither the peculiar quality of anything nor its value escape thee.
الصفحة 20 - But gently borne on good man's spade, Beneath the decent sod be laid, And children show, with glistening eyes, The place where poor old Pussy lies.
الصفحة 2 - Letters" are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or other of them to prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again.
الصفحة 9 - Thereupon he made her eat up the whole dish ; and afterwards much importuning him to know what it was, he told her at last, she had eaten Coucy's heart, and so drew the box out of his pocket, and showed her the note and the bracelet. In a sudden exultation of joy, she with a farfetch'd sigh said, 'This is a precious cordial indeed ; ' and so lick'd the dish, saying ' It is so precious, that 'tis pity to put ever any meat upon't.
الصفحة 20 - When thou becom'st a cat demure, Full many a cuff and angry word, Chid roughly from the tempting board. And yet, for that thou hast, I ween, So oft our favoured playmate been, Soft be the change which thou shalt prove...
الصفحة 75 - ... which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself, and the absolute beauty and fitness of things.