Wheat and TaresHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 280 pages |
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Page 217 - On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Page 225 - In youth they conquer with so wild a rage, As leaves them scarce a subject in their age: For foreign glory, foreign joy, they roam; No thought of peace or happiness at home. But wisdom's triumph is well-timed retreat, As hard a science to the fair as great!
Page 58 - ... our hand to save some of this lost and perishing multitude. Don't let us fear to budge a few inches from the path which fashion enjoins, which prejudice sanctions, which a timorous self-indulgence clings to. Let us," and the dean clenched his fist as though grappling with an imaginary vagabond, " go out into the by-ways and hedges, and compel them to come in, and then I hope and believe that the proposed service will,