 But," continued my father, more gravely, " when some one sorrow, that is yet reparable, gets hold of your mind like a monomania ; when you think, because Heaven has denied you this or that, on which you had set your heart, that all your life must be a...  London Society - Side 204redigeret af - 1880Fuld visning - Om denne bog
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...denied you this or that, on which you had set your heart, that all your life most be a blank— oh ! then diet yourself well on biography — the biography of good and great men. See how little a apace one sorrow really makes in life. See scarce a page, perhaps, given to some grief similar to your... | |
 | Belgravia - 1873 - 586 sider
...because Heaven has denied you this or that, on which you had set your heart, that all your life must be a blank — 0, then, diet yourself well on biography,...You thought the wing was broken. Tut, tut ! it was but a bruised feather ! See what life leaves behind it when all is done ! — a summary of positive... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1852 - 430 sider
...denied you this or that on which you had set your heart, that all your life must be a blank, — oh ! then diet yourself well on biography, the biography...thought the wing was broken ; tut, tut, — it was but a bruised feather. See what life leaves behind it when all is done ! a summary of positive facts... | |
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