Dreamthorp: a Book of Essays Written in the CountryStrahan, 1863 - 296 Seiten |
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... feeling of tenderness that I look upon these books ; I think of the dead fingers that have turned over the leaves , of the dead eyes that have travelled along the lines . An old novel has a history of its own . When fresh and new , and ...
... feeling of tenderness that I look upon these books ; I think of the dead fingers that have turned over the leaves , of the dead eyes that have travelled along the lines . An old novel has a history of its own . When fresh and new , and ...
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... feeling of hav- ing done their duty . They know they ought to go to chapel , and they go . I go likewise , from habit , although I have long ago lost the power of following a discourse . In my pew , and whilst the clergyman is going on ...
... feeling of hav- ing done their duty . They know they ought to go to chapel , and they go . I go likewise , from habit , although I have long ago lost the power of following a discourse . In my pew , and whilst the clergyman is going on ...
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... feels that life is but a sad thing at best ; but as he has little hope of making it better , he accepts it , and will not make it worse by murmuring . When the chain galls him , he can at least revenge himself by making jests on it . He ...
... feels that life is but a sad thing at best ; but as he has little hope of making it better , he accepts it , and will not make it worse by murmuring . When the chain galls him , he can at least revenge himself by making jests on it . He ...
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... feels the hurt ; and , therefore , a minde fixt and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert the sadness of death . But above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc Dimittis , when a man hath obtained worthy ends and ...
... feels the hurt ; and , therefore , a minde fixt and bent upon somewhat that is good , doth avert the sadness of death . But above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc Dimittis , when a man hath obtained worthy ends and ...
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... feeling when the wind grows into a tempest , and threatens to blow the house down . And this remote recognition of death may exist almost constantly in a man's mind , and give to his life keener zest and relish . His lights may burn the ...
... feeling when the wind grows into a tempest , and threatens to blow the house down . And this remote recognition of death may exist almost constantly in a man's mind , and give to his life keener zest and relish . His lights may burn the ...
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Seite 140 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Seite 281 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Seite 128 - And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue : The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.
Seite 129 - A power from the unknown God, A Promethean conqueror, came; Like a triumphal path he trod The thorns of death and shame. A mortal shape to him Was like the vapour dim Which the orient planet animates with light; Hell, Sin, and Slavery came, Like bloodhounds mild and tame, Nor preyed, until their Lord had taken flight; The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set : While blazoned as on Heaven's immortal noon The cross leads generations on.
Seite 128 - Not Typhon huge ending in snaky twine : Our Babe to show his Godhead true, Can in his swaddling bands control the damned crew.
Seite 280 - And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother ; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Seite 49 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates * and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him.
Seite 49 - Fear preoccupateth it; nay we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity (which is the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. Nay Seneca adds niceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non tantum fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest.
Seite 49 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 49 - ... as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.