The Young Lady's Cabinet of Gems: A Choice Collection of Pieces in Poetry and Prose |
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... present the reader with pieces that are really gems , not only in expression , but in thought and sentiment . It has been my constant en- deavour to present the real spirit of the present age , so eminently an age of progress . It will ...
... present the reader with pieces that are really gems , not only in expression , but in thought and sentiment . It has been my constant en- deavour to present the real spirit of the present age , so eminently an age of progress . It will ...
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... present instance highly delightful . The prose extracts are chiefly didactic and descriptive , with the same object of real utility always in view . THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS SUNSET CONTENTS . LOVE THE ARTIST VI PREFACE .
... present instance highly delightful . The prose extracts are chiefly didactic and descriptive , with the same object of real utility always in view . THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS SUNSET CONTENTS . LOVE THE ARTIST VI PREFACE .
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... character . Ahab will never forget his interview with the Prophet , in the garden of Naboth . Paul will always retain a vivid recollection of his visit to Damascus . Hence it is that life , past , present , MENTAL IMPRESSIONS INDELIBLE .
... character . Ahab will never forget his interview with the Prophet , in the garden of Naboth . Paul will always retain a vivid recollection of his visit to Damascus . Hence it is that life , past , present , MENTAL IMPRESSIONS INDELIBLE .
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... present , and future , is only so many portions of the same indivisible thing . That great mystery of man , which , for want of a better name , we call conscious existence , has a begin- ning and a progress , but it can never have a ...
... present , and future , is only so many portions of the same indivisible thing . That great mystery of man , which , for want of a better name , we call conscious existence , has a begin- ning and a progress , but it can never have a ...
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... present . Under such circumstances , the indivi- dual really seems to live more in a single half - hour than he had in weeks , or even months before . As an illustration of this idea , let me refer to the sensations of a drowning man ...
... present . Under such circumstances , the indivi- dual really seems to live more in a single half - hour than he had in weeks , or even months before . As an illustration of this idea , let me refer to the sensations of a drowning man ...
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Page 232 - Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Page 208 - ... and reprove; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
Page 124 - The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Page 97 - WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain ; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 114 - The time is come. See how he points his eager hand this way ! See how his eyes gloat on thy grief, like a kite's upon the prey ! With all his wit, he little deems, that, spurned, betrayed, bereft, Thy father hath in his despair one fearful refuge left. He little deems that in this hand I clutch what still can save Thy gentle youth from taunts and blows, the portion of the slave ; Yea, and from nameless evil, that passeth taunt and blow — Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never...
Page 62 - Life's newness, and earth's garniture spread out; And when the silver habit of the clouds Comes down upon the autumn sun, and with A sober gladness the old year takes up His bright inheritance of golden fruits, A pomp and pageant fill the splendid scene. There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellow richness on the clustered trees...
Page 312 - Twa bairns, and but ae heart ! 'Twas then we sat on ae laigh bink, To leir ilk ither lear ; And tones and looks and smiles were shed, Remembered evermair. 1 wonder Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof locked in loof, What our wee heads could think. When baith bent doun ower ae braid page, Wi' ae buik on our knee, Thy lips were on thy lesson, but My lesson was in thee.
Page 124 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease ; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace...
Page 243 - And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: my father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Page 219 - The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.