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... feeling , a grace and an eloquence , that leave nothing to be desired . In- deed it would have been presumption in me to undertake the subject after it had been thus felicitously treated , did I not stand committed by my previous sketch ...
... feeling , a grace and an eloquence , that leave nothing to be desired . In- deed it would have been presumption in me to undertake the subject after it had been thus felicitously treated , did I not stand committed by my previous sketch ...
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... feels such personal kindness as for Oliver Goldsmith , for few have so eminently possessed the magic gift of ... feeling and good sense , and singu larly dashed at times with a pleasing melancholy ; even the very nature of his ...
... feels such personal kindness as for Oliver Goldsmith , for few have so eminently possessed the magic gift of ... feeling and good sense , and singu larly dashed at times with a pleasing melancholy ; even the very nature of his ...
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... feelings , he is said to have uttered a wish that his daughter might never have a child to bring like shame and sorrow on her head . The hasty wish , so contrary to the usual benignity of the man , was recalled and repented of almost as ...
... feelings , he is said to have uttered a wish that his daughter might never have a child to bring like shame and sorrow on her head . The hasty wish , so contrary to the usual benignity of the man , was recalled and repented of almost as ...
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... feelings with gentle counsel ; prevailed upon him to return to college , and effected an indifferent reconciliation between him and Wilder . After this irregular sally upon life he remained nearly two years longer at the University ...
... feelings with gentle counsel ; prevailed upon him to return to college , and effected an indifferent reconciliation between him and Wilder . After this irregular sally upon life he remained nearly two years longer at the University ...
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... feelings of a tender heart , which increased my esteem for him , and , as that increased , I gave the most favorable interpre- tation to his silence . I construed it into delicacy of sentiment , as if he dreaded to wound my pride by ...
... feelings of a tender heart , which increased my esteem for him , and , as that increased , I gave the most favorable interpre- tation to his silence . I construed it into delicacy of sentiment , as if he dreaded to wound my pride by ...
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Page 249 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 25 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers...
Page 78 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Page 44 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round.
Page 23 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 179 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 249 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 223 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 223 - A man he was to all the country dear. And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place.
Page 368 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, .He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still bom to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...