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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... feeling , struck in the die of some human experience , worn smooth by innumerable contacts , and always transferred warm from one to another . By words we share the common consciousness of the race , which has shaped itself in these ...
... feeling , struck in the die of some human experience , worn smooth by innumerable contacts , and always transferred warm from one to another . By words we share the common consciousness of the race , which has shaped itself in these ...
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... feel- ing and desire to make everybody contented about with her wherever she goes , - an atmosphere of grace , mercy , and peace , of at least six feet radius , which wraps every human being upon whom she voluntarily bestows her ...
... feel- ing and desire to make everybody contented about with her wherever she goes , - an atmosphere of grace , mercy , and peace , of at least six feet radius , which wraps every human being upon whom she voluntarily bestows her ...
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... feel The worth of treasures which thy fingers steal , Pick my left pocket of the silver dime , But spare the right , it holds my golden time ! -- A RHYMED LESSON . 16. Caroline Herschel , 1750 . Did you ever see that electrical ...
... feel The worth of treasures which thy fingers steal , Pick my left pocket of the silver dime , But spare the right , it holds my golden time ! -- A RHYMED LESSON . 16. Caroline Herschel , 1750 . Did you ever see that electrical ...
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... feel who had just left the holy places at Jerusalem . OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE . The poet and romancer give back more than they borrow from the scenes which lend them their in- spiration . What was this broad stream that runs by your ...
... feel who had just left the holy places at Jerusalem . OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE . The poet and romancer give back more than they borrow from the scenes which lend them their in- spiration . What was this broad stream that runs by your ...
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... feels himself in danger of two things , namely , an affectation of bluntness , like that of which Cornwall accuses Kent in " Lear , " and actual rude- ness . THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST - TABLE . 11. Edward Everett , 1794 . Earth ...
... feels himself in danger of two things , namely , an affectation of bluntness , like that of which Cornwall accuses Kent in " Lear , " and actual rude- ness . THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST - TABLE . 11. Edward Everett , 1794 . Earth ...
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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.