A Third Treasury of the FamiliarRalph Louis Woods |
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Page 246
... asked , if I hadn't better tell Albert of my decision soon , in which Lord M. agreed . How ? I asked , for that in general such things were done the other way , which made Lord M. laugh . . October 15. . . . At about 11⁄2 p . 12 I sent ...
... asked , if I hadn't better tell Albert of my decision soon , in which Lord M. agreed . How ? I asked , for that in general such things were done the other way , which made Lord M. laugh . . October 15. . . . At about 11⁄2 p . 12 I sent ...
Page 315
... asked very few questions . My ideas were vague , and my vocabulary was inade- quate ; but as my knowledge of things grew , and I learned more and more words , my field of inquiry broadened , and I would return again and again to the ...
... asked very few questions . My ideas were vague , and my vocabulary was inade- quate ; but as my knowledge of things grew , and I learned more and more words , my field of inquiry broadened , and I would return again and again to the ...
Page 335
... asked for health , that I might do greater things , I was given infirmity , that I might do better things . I asked for riches , that I might be happy , I was given poverty that I might be wise . . . ... I asked for power , that I might ...
... asked for health , that I might do greater things , I was given infirmity , that I might do better things . I asked for riches , that I might be happy , I was given poverty that I might be wise . . . ... I asked for power , that I might ...
Common terms and phrases
Anonymous asked Avdyeitch beauty birds bless child dark dead dear death dream Eagle earth Edwin Arlington Robinson eyes face fear feet fire Flannery flowers give glory hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Holy Bible hope hour HOUSTON Jesus John John Donne King kiss Lamia land laugh leave light Lincoln live look Lord Mark Twain morning mountain nation never night peace pigs prayer President rain Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Louis Stevenson rose Rose of Tralee shine sing sleep smile song soul spirit stand stars sweet T. S. Eliot tell thee things Thomas thou thought took TRANQUILLITY BASE tree truth unto voice walk Walter Mitty William William Shakespeare wind woman words