Success in Life: The LawyerG.P. Putnam, 1850 - 177 էջ |
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... lived to perform important public and private duties ; has served his country in Congress , and on the bench of the Supreme Court of Con- necticut , and still lives to hear the account of the peaceful death of his distinguished pupil ...
... lived to perform important public and private duties ; has served his country in Congress , and on the bench of the Supreme Court of Con- necticut , and still lives to hear the account of the peaceful death of his distinguished pupil ...
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... lived , was all that the planter received ; and yet he was a man of uncommon ability , and made the best possible use of the means afforded him for the acquisition of knowledge . He was a man of strong , good sense , and commanded the ...
... lived , was all that the planter received ; and yet he was a man of uncommon ability , and made the best possible use of the means afforded him for the acquisition of knowledge . He was a man of strong , good sense , and commanded the ...
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... lived , but are brought forth for public approbation in political debates , in splendid volumes , in collegiate declamations , in the works of rhetoricians , in the school - books of boys , and in the elegant extracts of after life ...
... lived , but are brought forth for public approbation in political debates , in splendid volumes , in collegiate declamations , in the works of rhetoricians , in the school - books of boys , and in the elegant extracts of after life ...
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... lived The house was of brick , on the banks of the Potomac . We fell most exceed- She was accustomed to situated on a high , airy bank , giving a beautiful view of the river , which is there four miles wide . Peggy Reeder was the only ...
... lived The house was of brick , on the banks of the Potomac . We fell most exceed- She was accustomed to situated on a high , airy bank , giving a beautiful view of the river , which is there four miles wide . Peggy Reeder was the only ...
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... lived in the family . But the Major's voice I remember , as the loud north wind that used to rock the house and sweep the snow - covered field . They had a large family , seven sons and four daughters . and loud enough to keep the house ...
... lived in the family . But the Major's voice I remember , as the loud north wind that used to rock the house and sweep the snow - covered field . They had a large family , seven sons and four daughters . and loud enough to keep the house ...
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Էջ 165 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Էջ 25 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Էջ 170 - I have been negligent of the duties of this day, the rest of the week has been unsuccessful and unhappy to my own secular employments; so that I could easily make an estimate of my successes in my own secular employments the week following, by the manner of my passing this day; and this I do not write lightly or inconsiderately, but upon a long and sound observation and experience.
Էջ 25 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge...
Էջ 168 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Էջ 163 - Here grows the Cure of all, this Fruit Divine, Fair to the Eye, inviting to the Taste, Of virtue to make wise: what hinders then To reach, and feed at once both Body and Mind...
Էջ 135 - There will be none such any more, till in some better age, true ambition or the love of fame prevails over avarice ; and till men find leisure and encouragement to prepare themselves for the exercise of this profession, by climbing up to the vantage ground...
Էջ 109 - For we are not sent into this world to do any thing into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread, and that is to be done strenuously ; other work to do for our delight, and that is to be done heartily : neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will ; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all.
Էջ 16 - The characteristics of Mr. Mason's mind, as I think, were real greatness, strength, and sagacity. He was great through strong sense and sound judgment, great by comprehensive views of things, great by high and elevated purposes. Perhaps sometimes he was too cautious and refined, and his distinctions became too minute ; but his discrimination arose from a force of intellect, and quick-seeing, far-reaching sagacity, everywhere discerning his object and pursuing it steadily.
Էջ 26 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to...