UnderbrushJ. R. Osgood, 1877 - 303 psl. |
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... Pierre , whose works were familiar as the Prayer - Book to my new friend . Indeed , he had a small copy of " The Indian Cottage " on his shelf of perfumes , and he handed it down for my inspection . This , then , was the birthplace of a ...
... Pierre , whose works were familiar as the Prayer - Book to my new friend . Indeed , he had a small copy of " The Indian Cottage " on his shelf of perfumes , and he handed it down for my inspection . This , then , was the birthplace of a ...
258 psl.
... Pierre , when a youth , must have passed over this threshold . A man of acute sensi- bility all his life , in this narrow street he must have suffered some of the pangs that wait upon a temperament like his . I remember he says some ...
... Pierre , when a youth , must have passed over this threshold . A man of acute sensi- bility all his life , in this narrow street he must have suffered some of the pangs that wait upon a temperament like his . I remember he says some ...
259 psl.
... Pierre to bring his new story into her salon , and read it before publication to a company of distinguished and enlightened au- ditors . She promised that the judges she would convene to hear him were among those she esteemed the most ...
... Pierre to bring his new story into her salon , and read it before publication to a company of distinguished and enlightened au- ditors . She promised that the judges she would convene to hear him were among those she esteemed the most ...
260 psl.
... Pierre , who retired from the room in a state of overwhelming depression . He felt as if a sentence of death had been pro- nounced on his story , and that " Paul and Vir- ginia " was unworthy to appear before the public A shower of iced ...
... Pierre , who retired from the room in a state of overwhelming depression . He felt as if a sentence of death had been pro- nounced on his story , and that " Paul and Vir- ginia " was unworthy to appear before the public A shower of iced ...
261 psl.
... Pierre reached that part of the book which Madame Necker had found so much fault with , the author proposed to omit that portion of the narrative ; but Vernet would not consent to omit anything . When the book was finished , Vernet ...
... Pierre reached that part of the book which Madame Necker had found so much fault with , the author proposed to omit that portion of the narrative ; but Vernet would not consent to omit anything . When the book was finished , Vernet ...
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15 psl. - 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.
292 psl. - Purse, That holds the treasures of the universe ! All possibilities are in its hands, No danger daunts it, and no foe withstands ; In its sublime audacity of faith,
83 psl. - 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.
29 psl. - 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...
18 psl. - 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...
33 psl. - 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
250 psl. - 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.
23 psl. - Pope." He printed certain words in the title-page in red, and other certain words in black ink. His own name and Mr. Pope's he chose to exhibit in sanguinary tint A copy of this edition, very much thumbed and wanting half a dozen leaves, fell into the hands of Charles Lamb more than a hundred years after it was published.
15 psl. - 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 Meeter; grac't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by Custom, but much to thir own vexation, hindrance, and constraint to express many things otherwise, and for the most part worse then else they...
58 psl. - the very hill we were ascending, through deep snows, in a New England sleigh, when my father made his purpose known 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.