CharacterJ. Murray, 1876 - 388 էջ |
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... greatest curses that can befall any country . But as there is an ignoble , so is there a noble pa- triotism - the patriotism that invigorates and elevates a country by noble work - that does its duty truthfully and manfully — that lives ...
... greatest curses that can befall any country . But as there is an ignoble , so is there a noble pa- triotism - the patriotism that invigorates and elevates a country by noble work - that does its duty truthfully and manfully — that lives ...
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... greatest joy and happiness to sit " behind the heads of children " in the inviolable circle of home . A life of purity and duty there is not the least effectual preparative for a life of public work and duty ; and the man who loves his ...
... greatest joy and happiness to sit " behind the heads of children " in the inviolable circle of home . A life of purity and duty there is not the least effectual preparative for a life of public work and duty ; and the man who loves his ...
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... greatest triumphs , because private and domestic , o are rarely recorded ; and it is not often , even in the biographies of distinguished men , that we hear of the share which their mothers have had in the formation of their character ...
... greatest triumphs , because private and domestic , o are rarely recorded ; and it is not often , even in the biographies of distinguished men , that we hear of the share which their mothers have had in the formation of their character ...
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... greatest difficulties , to contribute largely , out of his slender means , to her comfort ; and one of his last acts of filial duty was to write Kasselas ' for the purpose of paying her little debts and defraying her funeral charges ...
... greatest difficulties , to contribute largely , out of his slender means , to her comfort ; and one of his last acts of filial duty was to write Kasselas ' for the purpose of paying her little debts and defraying her funeral charges ...
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... greatest love and respect to the close of his career . woman of no ordinary intellectual power . says Canning's biographer , " were we not otherwise assured of the fact from direct sources , it would be impossible to contemplate his ...
... greatest love and respect to the close of his career . woman of no ordinary intellectual power . says Canning's biographer , " were we not otherwise assured of the fact from direct sources , it would be impossible to contemplate his ...
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Էջ 185 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Էջ 249 - Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee...
Էջ 327 - MORTON'S WIFE. He first deceased ; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.
Էջ 171 - High-heartedness doth sometimes teach to bow. A noble heart doth teach a virtuous scorn, To scorn to owe a duty overlong ; To scorn to be for benefits forborne, To scorn to lie, to scorn to do a wrong. To scorn to bear an injury in mind, To scorn a free-born heart slave-like to bind.
Էջ 3 - He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course I did determine, O Tho...
Էջ 297 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Էջ 187 - Owe no man anything, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Էջ 250 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Էջ 250 - tis true I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear...