A Handful of Paper ShavingsSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1861 |
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... reason a special retainer to upset instinct . Every man can quote instances from his own history of the first decided judgment of in- stinct , apparently in opposition to reason , being proved by subsequent experience to be right ; but ...
... reason a special retainer to upset instinct . Every man can quote instances from his own history of the first decided judgment of in- stinct , apparently in opposition to reason , being proved by subsequent experience to be right ; but ...
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... reason why men like to have their good deeds mentioned to the world through a trumpet , and that is the tradesman's reason for sending in his account . is pretty honest with such men . charge a fair price it pays them The world When ...
... reason why men like to have their good deeds mentioned to the world through a trumpet , and that is the tradesman's reason for sending in his account . is pretty honest with such men . charge a fair price it pays them The world When ...
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... reason makes us doubt . Incredu- lity is the result of experience . Only the uneducated are grossly gulled , but only the sophisticated are beyond the reach of humbug ; and if you know a man who has never been made a fool of , you may ...
... reason makes us doubt . Incredu- lity is the result of experience . Only the uneducated are grossly gulled , but only the sophisticated are beyond the reach of humbug ; and if you know a man who has never been made a fool of , you may ...
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... reason of the thing , the fact is certain , that to be " open to conviction , " in the sense in which people ordinarily use that expression , is to be possessed of a very rare virtue . I have a great respect for a man who possesses the ...
... reason of the thing , the fact is certain , that to be " open to conviction , " in the sense in which people ordinarily use that expression , is to be possessed of a very rare virtue . I have a great respect for a man who possesses the ...
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... reason of their habit is a very ungraceful one . Only selfish people live in a state of chronic despondency . Don't tell me of the inherited constitutional irritability of querulous folks , of their numerous bodily infirmities , of the ...
... reason of their habit is a very ungraceful one . Only selfish people live in a state of chronic despondency . Don't tell me of the inherited constitutional irritability of querulous folks , of their numerous bodily infirmities , of the ...
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Page 131 - The breath whose might I have invoked in song Descends on me; my spirit's bark is driven, Far from the shore, far from the trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven! I am borne darkly, fearfully, afar; Whilst burning through the inmost veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are.
Page 127 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Page 131 - Romeo : and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world shall be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 83 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 124 - Therefore, the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 26 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 139 - Oh ! o'er the eye death most exerts his might, And hurls the spirit from her throne of light ! Sinks those blue orbs in that long last eclipse, But spares, as yet, the charm around her lips...
Page 142 - The devil hath not in all his quiver's choice An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice.
Page 127 - Thus while he spake, each passion dimm'd his face, Thrice changed with pale, ire, envy, and despair...
Page 143 - As if thou then hadat shut up in thy brain Some horrible conceit.