The Writings of Jane Taylor, Bind 3Perkins & Marvin, 1832 |
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Side 10
... beautiful evening . The grass was wet to the foot , and the trees were yet dropping with rain ; but all was fresh , green and sparkling . Once again our spirits revived : it was not , indeed , the lively , bounding joy with which we set ...
... beautiful evening . The grass was wet to the foot , and the trees were yet dropping with rain ; but all was fresh , green and sparkling . Once again our spirits revived : it was not , indeed , the lively , bounding joy with which we set ...
Side 54
... beautiful reflection on the water ! like a column of fire . MARTHA . As if the sun did not set every night in the year ! It looks so strange to be standing still , like nobody else , does it not ? FATHER . Nay , we will not regard that ...
... beautiful reflection on the water ! like a column of fire . MARTHA . As if the sun did not set every night in the year ! It looks so strange to be standing still , like nobody else , does it not ? FATHER . Nay , we will not regard that ...
Side 57
... beautiful , cer- tainly , in some parts ; and I should like of all things to live in a fine park , with lawns and trees , and deer , and all that kind of things . FATHER . I dare say you would . But suppose , instead of being mistress ...
... beautiful , cer- tainly , in some parts ; and I should like of all things to live in a fine park , with lawns and trees , and deer , and all that kind of things . FATHER . I dare say you would . But suppose , instead of being mistress ...
Side 58
... lonely beach : the moon was just ris- ing over the eastern cliffs : the planet Venus , that beautiful evening star , which made such a brilliant appearance during the last winter , was now begin- ning 58 THE PLEASURES OF TASTE .
... lonely beach : the moon was just ris- ing over the eastern cliffs : the planet Venus , that beautiful evening star , which made such a brilliant appearance during the last winter , was now begin- ning 58 THE PLEASURES OF TASTE .
Side 90
... beautiful and sublime objects of creation , and the great secrets of na- ture , the mind is satisfied with the most trifling pursuits and childish amusements ? -when alter- nate attention to dress , visiting , and superficial ...
... beautiful and sublime objects of creation , and the great secrets of na- ture , the mind is satisfied with the most trifling pursuits and childish amusements ? -when alter- nate attention to dress , visiting , and superficial ...
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Side 88 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Side 161 - Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect, that though you may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.
Side 20 - Pet. i. 10, by believing it, for fear we come short of it,f according to that of the apostle, " let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to come short of it,
Side 162 - Thus, in looking forward to future life, let us recollect that we have not to sustain all its toil, to endure all its sufferings, or encounter all its crosses at once. One moment comes laden with its own little...
Side 161 - Upon this, the weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their influence in urging him to proceed; when, as with one consent, the wheels began to turn, the hands began to move, the pendulum began to swing...
Side 160 - The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. "Now," resumed the dial, "may I be allowed to enquire if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you?" "Not in the least," replied the pendulum; "it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions.
Side 89 - Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Side 95 - Again, how many years of my life were devoted to the acquisition of those languages by the means of which I might explore the records of remote ages, and become familiar with the learning and literature of other times...
Side 163 - It is not thus with those, who, " by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality :" day by day, minute by minute, they execute the appointed task to which the requisite measure of time and strength is proportioned : and thus, having worked while it was called day, they at length rest from their labours, and their
Side 58 - is it that " man's life consists not in the abundance 'of the things : which he possesses,