The Cambrian, Volumes 12-13T.J. Griffiths, 1892 |
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... natural sounds expressing the sudden emotions of joy and sor- row , surprise , fear , & c .; or that it sprung from imitating the sounds of animate and inanimate nature , such as the cuckoo , whipporwill , katy - did , regen - rych ...
... natural sounds expressing the sudden emotions of joy and sor- row , surprise , fear , & c .; or that it sprung from imitating the sounds of animate and inanimate nature , such as the cuckoo , whipporwill , katy - did , regen - rych ...
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... natural or innate in man and by its exercise languages are formed , devel- oped and perfected . As new wants and conditions in life beset us , and as new ideas and emotions spring up in our souls , they at the same time require and ...
... natural or innate in man and by its exercise languages are formed , devel- oped and perfected . As new wants and conditions in life beset us , and as new ideas and emotions spring up in our souls , they at the same time require and ...
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... natural men " the men of the five senses . They refused to believe that anything was in the universe which did not come through these gates . And yet in that conclusion they were most un- natural . The largest part of what I call Nature ...
... natural men " the men of the five senses . They refused to believe that anything was in the universe which did not come through these gates . And yet in that conclusion they were most un- natural . The largest part of what I call Nature ...
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... natural fondness for study and reading , Mr. Howells has through life in various ways , in night schools and in private , contin- ued his studies , and has found pleas ant recreation in devoting his leisure time to improve his mind and ...
... natural fondness for study and reading , Mr. Howells has through life in various ways , in night schools and in private , contin- ued his studies , and has found pleas ant recreation in devoting his leisure time to improve his mind and ...
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... naturally favor- able to one sort of crop or another , so do certain races evince strong hereditary tendencies to ... natural for a Welshman to sing , rhyme and preach as it is for the skylark to warble , fly and soar above its native ...
... naturally favor- able to one sort of crop or another , so do certain races evince strong hereditary tendencies to ... natural for a Welshman to sing , rhyme and preach as it is for the skylark to warble , fly and soar above its native ...
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Page 69 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 52 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'" They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow, Until at last the blanched mate said: "Why, now not even God would know Should I and all my men fall dead. These very winds forget their way, For God from these dread seas is gone. Now speak, brave Adm'r'l; speak and say"—...
Page 52 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?" "Why, say 'Sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 242 - Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 242 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark: And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Page 47 - People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle.
Page 85 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 52 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Page 336 - I LOVE to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer 2 I love in solitude to shed The penitential tear, And all his promises to plead Where none but God can hear.
Page 115 - Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field...