The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835 - Americans |
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... meditation , before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear to me in life ; what vicissitudes might occur in it - what changes might take place in me , before I should ...
... meditation , before I opened another . That land , too , now vanishing from my view , which contained all that was most dear to me in life ; what vicissitudes might occur in it - what changes might take place in me , before I should ...
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... meditate and grow better . It exhibits no lofty and almost useless , because inimitable example of ex- cellence ; but presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which ...
... meditate and grow better . It exhibits no lofty and almost useless , because inimitable example of ex- cellence ; but presents a picture of active , yet simple and imitable virtues , which are within every man's reach , but which ...
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... meditations which are the proper aliment of noble souls , and are , like manna , sent from heaven , in the wilderness of this world . While my feelings were yet alive on the subject , it was my fortune to light on farther traces of Mr ...
... meditations which are the proper aliment of noble souls , and are , like manna , sent from heaven , in the wilderness of this world . While my feelings were yet alive on the subject , it was my fortune to light on farther traces of Mr ...
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... meditate their minds into poetry ; and had James been brought up amidst the adulation and gayety of a court , we ... meditations . Such is the account which he gives of his weariness of spirit , and of the incident that first suggested ...
... meditate their minds into poetry ; and had James been brought up amidst the adulation and gayety of a court , we ... meditations . Such is the account which he gives of his weariness of spirit , and of the incident that first suggested ...
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... meditation under adversity . It is the legacy of a noble and en- during spirit , purified by sorrow and suffering , be- queathing to its successors in calamity the maxims of sweet morality , and the trains of eloquent but simple ...
... meditation under adversity . It is the legacy of a noble and en- during spirit , purified by sorrow and suffering , be- queathing to its successors in calamity the maxims of sweet morality , and the trains of eloquent but simple ...
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