The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy, Poetry, the Drama, Travel, Adventure, Fiction, Etc, Volume 26Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne American Literary Society, 1901 - Anthologies |
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Page 9438
... mind , and throw off this morbid mood , and be just a little bit kinder to some people ! " some people ! " tried , with an awkward timidity , to take her hand . And he She turned upon him a sombre , compassionate gaze , but far - off ...
... mind , and throw off this morbid mood , and be just a little bit kinder to some people ! " some people ! " tried , with an awkward timidity , to take her hand . And he She turned upon him a sombre , compassionate gaze , but far - off ...
Page 9447
... mind . He affected to seem ignorant of their machinations . Notwithstanding the agitation and solicitude of his own mind , he appeared with a cheerful countenance , like a man satisfied with the progress he had made , and confident of ...
... mind . He affected to seem ignorant of their machinations . Notwithstanding the agitation and solicitude of his own mind , he appeared with a cheerful countenance , like a man satisfied with the progress he had made , and confident of ...
Page 9455
... mind . He visited continually at our cottage ; and I , uncultivated as I was , daily strengthened my- self in his affections . In conversing with him , I forgot the precepts of vanity and affectation , and obeyed the dictates of nature ...
... mind . He visited continually at our cottage ; and I , uncultivated as I was , daily strengthened my- self in his affections . In conversing with him , I forgot the precepts of vanity and affectation , and obeyed the dictates of nature ...
Page 9456
... mind I cannot describe ; I seemed to stand alone in the world , without one friendly hand to prevent my sinking into the grave , which contained the dearest objects of my love . I did not know where Marlowe lived , and , even if I had ...
... mind I cannot describe ; I seemed to stand alone in the world , without one friendly hand to prevent my sinking into the grave , which contained the dearest objects of my love . I did not know where Marlowe lived , and , even if I had ...
Page 9459
... mind of Marlowe . I presented the picture to my mistress , who was pleased with the present , and promised to have it framed . The next day while I sat at dinner , the door suddenly opened , and Marlowe entered the room . I thought I ...
... mind of Marlowe . I presented the picture to my mistress , who was pleased with the present , and promised to have it framed . The next day while I sat at dinner , the door suddenly opened , and Marlowe entered the room . I thought I ...
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Popular passages
Page 9553 - Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn. Herseemed she scarce had been a day One of God's choristers; The wonder was not yet quite gone From that still look of hers; Albeit, to them she left, her day Had counted as ten years. (To one it is ten years of years. . . . Yet now, and in this place, Surely she leaned o'er me — her hair Fell all about my face. . . . Nothing: the autumn fall of leaves. The whole year sets apace...
Page 9546 - DOES the road wind up-hill all the way ? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day ? From morn to night, my friend.
Page 9554 - Was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf; and now She spoke through the still weather. Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together.
Page 9550 - When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.
Page 9795 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Page 9591 - Solomon! where is thy throne? It is gone in the wind. Babylon! where is thy might? It is gone in the wind. Like the swift shadows of Noon, like the dreams of the Blind, Vanish the glories and pomps of the earth in the wind.
Page 9555 - And I myself will teach to him, I myself, lying so, The songs I sing here; which his voice Shall pause in, hushed and slow, And find some knowledge at each pause, Or some new thing to know.
Page 9553 - Mid deathless love's acclaims, Spoke evermore among themselves Their heart-remembered names; And the souls mounting up to God Went by her like thin flames. And still she bowed herself and stooped Out of the circling charm; Until her bosom must have made The bar she leaned on warm, And the lilies lay as if asleep Along her bended arm.
Page 9554 - Are not two prayers a perfect strength? And shall I feel afraid? ' When round his head the aureole clings, And he is clothed in white, I'll take his hand and go with him To the deep wells of light; As unto a stream we will step down, And bathe there in God's sight.
Page 9554 - We two will lie i' the shadow of That living mystic tree. Within whose secret growth the Dove Is sometimes felt to be, While every leaf that His plumes touch Saith His Name audibly.