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... look far among the shelves in my friend's library to find companion - gems of this antiquated tome . Among so many of " The assembled souls of all that men held wise , " there is no solitude of the mind . I reach out my hand at random ...
... look far among the shelves in my friend's library to find companion - gems of this antiquated tome . Among so many of " The assembled souls of all that men held wise , " there is no solitude of the mind . I reach out my hand at random ...
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... look'd back , and thrice the Foe drew near . ' " " Besides this autographic addition , enhancing forever the value of this old copy of Pope's im- mortal poem , I find the following little note , in Lamb's clerkly chirography , addressed ...
... look'd back , and thrice the Foe drew near . ' " " Besides this autographic addition , enhancing forever the value of this old copy of Pope's im- mortal poem , I find the following little note , in Lamb's clerkly chirography , addressed ...
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... looks humbled and disappointed . ' Well , ' said he , ' you have won ; there is no doubt of that ; worse luck to you another time ; but at the third story I HAD HOPES . ' 9 " In a quaint old edition of " The Spectator , " which seems to ...
... looks humbled and disappointed . ' Well , ' said he , ' you have won ; there is no doubt of that ; worse luck to you another time ; but at the third story I HAD HOPES . ' 9 " In a quaint old edition of " The Spectator , " which seems to ...
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... 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 " Speaker of the House , " and put his name to such docu- ments as this : : - " And ...
... 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 " Speaker of the House , " and put his name to such docu- ments as this : : - " And ...
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... look for summer lodgings in Underhill , the postmaster referred us to " Cap'n Barker Brine down by the p'int , who some- times took folks to board as an accommodation . " Steering coastwise , according to direction , we found a stout ...
... look for summer lodgings in Underhill , the postmaster referred us to " Cap'n Barker Brine down by the p'int , who some- times took folks to board as an accommodation . " Steering coastwise , according to direction , we found a stout ...
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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.