In the Dozy Hours, and Other PapersHoughton Mifflin, 1894 - 235 من الصفحات |
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... characters just where she had left them , " conversing in the cedar - parlour . " It would be possible to take a refreshing nap - did our sympathy al- low us such an alleviation - while Clarissa Harlowe is writing , on some tiny scraps ...
... characters just where she had left them , " conversing in the cedar - parlour . " It would be possible to take a refreshing nap - did our sympathy al- low us such an alleviation - while Clarissa Harlowe is writing , on some tiny scraps ...
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Agnes Repplier. him new , " and double our enjoyment . His characters seldom have any substantiality . We remember the talk , but not the talkers , and so go blithely back to those scenes of glad good - fellowship , to that admirable ...
Agnes Repplier. him new , " and double our enjoyment . His characters seldom have any substantiality . We remember the talk , but not the talkers , and so go blithely back to those scenes of glad good - fellowship , to that admirable ...
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... character and disposition , and the inevitable contrast between kittenhood and cathood was enhanced in this case by a strong natural dissimilarity which no length of years could have utterly effaced . Agrippina had always been a cat of ...
... character and disposition , and the inevitable contrast between kittenhood and cathood was enhanced in this case by a strong natural dissimilarity which no length of years could have utterly effaced . Agrippina had always been a cat of ...
الصفحة 69
... character is the base upon which all true advancement rests secure . Higher in the social and intellectual scale , and infinitely more serious in their ambitions , are the girl students of our various colleges . As their numbers ...
... character is the base upon which all true advancement rests secure . Higher in the social and intellectual scale , and infinitely more serious in their ambitions , are the girl students of our various colleges . As their numbers ...
الصفحة 73
... character , and charm ; a " man - like maiden " who combined the finer qualities of both sexes . The gradual debasement of a word into a term of reproach is sometimes a species of scandal . It is wil- fully perverted in the course of ...
... character , and charm ; a " man - like maiden " who combined the finer qualities of both sexes . The gradual debasement of a word into a term of reproach is sometimes a species of scandal . It is wil- fully perverted in the course of ...
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الصفحة 35 - 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 59 - 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 194 - 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 16 - 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 231 - ... 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 18 - 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 7 - 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 18 - 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 73 - ... 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.