Selections from the Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Arr. Under the Days of the Year, & Accompanied by Memoranda of Anniversaries of Noted Events & of the Birth Or Death of Famous Men & WomenHoughton, Mifflin & Company, 1889 - 50 pages |
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... Thomas Noon Talfourd , 1795 . As a general rule , it is safe to say that the best prophecies are those which the sages remember after the event prophesied of has come to pass , and re- mind us that they have made long ago . BREAD AND ...
... Thomas Noon Talfourd , 1795 . As a general rule , it is safe to say that the best prophecies are those which the sages remember after the event prophesied of has come to pass , and re- mind us that they have made long ago . BREAD AND ...
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... Thomas Bodley , 1544 . One must go to the country to find people who are constantly enough in the midst of the sights and sounds of the opening year to take cognizance of the order of that grand procession , with March blowing his ...
... Thomas Bodley , 1544 . One must go to the country to find people who are constantly enough in the midst of the sights and sounds of the opening year to take cognizance of the order of that grand procession , with March blowing his ...
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... Thomas Lawrence , 1769 . There are men of esprit who are excessively ex- hausting to some people . They are the talkers who have what may be called jerky minds . Their thoughts do not run in the natural order of sequence . They say ...
... Thomas Lawrence , 1769 . There are men of esprit who are excessively ex- hausting to some people . They are the talkers who have what may be called jerky minds . Their thoughts do not run in the natural order of sequence . They say ...
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... Thomas Hood , 1798 . I like full well the deep resounding swell Of mighty symphonies with chords inwoven ! But sometimes , too , a song of Burns - don't After a solemn storm - blast of Beethoven . - you Good to the heels the well - worn ...
... Thomas Hood , 1798 . I like full well the deep resounding swell Of mighty symphonies with chords inwoven ! But sometimes , too , a song of Burns - don't After a solemn storm - blast of Beethoven . - you Good to the heels the well - worn ...
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... Thomas Moore , 1779 . The tell - tales of memory wake from their slum- bers , I hear the old song with its tender refrain , - What passion lies hid in those honey - voiced num- bers ! What perfume of youth in each exquisite strain ! FOR ...
... Thomas Moore , 1779 . The tell - tales of memory wake from their slum- bers , I hear the old song with its tender refrain , - What passion lies hid in those honey - voiced num- bers ! What perfume of youth in each exquisite strain ! FOR ...
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Page 46 - I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Page 43 - But little-minded people's thought move in such small circles that five minutes' conversation gives you an arc long enough to determine their whole curve. An arc in the movement of a large intellect does not sensibly differ from a straight line. Even if it have the third vowel as its centre, it does not soon betray it.
Page 76 - The snowdrop, bearing on her patient breast The frozen trophy torn from winter's crest; The violet, gazing on the arch of blue Till her own iris wears its deepened hue; The spendthrift crocus, bursting through the mould Naked and shivering with his cup of gold.