My youthful companions, by the author of 'My school-boy days'.Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 154 pages |
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... Honour and Affluence . - Thomas Fuller's Description of a true Gentleman applied to him .................... 99 CHAP . VII . - A Fable . The Story of Alnaschar . The Fable and Story of Uni- versal Application . A Tale from Theocritus ...
... Honour and Affluence . - Thomas Fuller's Description of a true Gentleman applied to him .................... 99 CHAP . VII . - A Fable . The Story of Alnaschar . The Fable and Story of Uni- versal Application . A Tale from Theocritus ...
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... honour . This maxim of the American philosopher , Franklin , is worthy of being inscribed in letters of gold over every domestic hearth : " Resolve to perform what you ought : perform without fail what you resolve . " 66 Had my old ...
... honour . This maxim of the American philosopher , Franklin , is worthy of being inscribed in letters of gold over every domestic hearth : " Resolve to perform what you ought : perform without fail what you resolve . " 66 Had my old ...
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... honours his parents by paying them the utmost deference and respect , by a filial af- fection for their persons , a ... honour to his parents . Now I would not for a moment infer that Matt Norden was wanting in respect , love , or duty ...
... honours his parents by paying them the utmost deference and respect , by a filial af- fection for their persons , a ... honour to his parents . Now I would not for a moment infer that Matt Norden was wanting in respect , love , or duty ...
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... HONOUR AND AFFLUENCE . THOMAS FULLER'S DESCRIPTION OF A TRUE GENTLEMAN APPLIED TO HIM . " Brother , for so I call thee , not because Thou wert my father's or my mother's son ; Not consanguinity , nor wedlock laws Could such a kindred ...
... HONOUR AND AFFLUENCE . THOMAS FULLER'S DESCRIPTION OF A TRUE GENTLEMAN APPLIED TO HIM . " Brother , for so I call thee , not because Thou wert my father's or my mother's son ; Not consanguinity , nor wedlock laws Could such a kindred ...
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... honours which we have always given to them from whom you derive your nobility . ' For my own part I can only say , that if you all resolve to go with- out John Morphew , you may go without me . I scorn the idea of slighting him because ...
... honours which we have always given to them from whom you derive your nobility . ' For my own part I can only say , that if you all resolve to go with- out John Morphew , you may go without me . I scorn the idea of slighting him because ...
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Page 143 - Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
Page 67 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Page 130 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Page 49 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Page 51 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 143 - WISDOM hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine ; she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her maidens : she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him , Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Page 78 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 25 - You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful and love to converse upon death: Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Page 130 - MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
Page 143 - Tis, finally, the man who lifted high, Conspicuous object in a nation's eye, Or left unthought of in obscurity, Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse to his wish or not, Plays in the many games of life that one Where what he most doth value must be won...