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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... star ; Centre and soul of every sphere , Yet to each loving heart how near ! A SUN - DAY HYMN . 2. Philip Freneau , 1752 . The wonderful exhibition of the Seasons is about to commence ; four shows under one cover ; the best ventilated ...
... star ; Centre and soul of every sphere , Yet to each loving heart how near ! A SUN - DAY HYMN . 2. Philip Freneau , 1752 . The wonderful exhibition of the Seasons is about to commence ; four shows under one cover ; the best ventilated ...
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... star ! MEDICAL SOCIETY DINNER . 7. Israel Putnam , 1718 . - Deal gently with us , ye who read ! Our largest hope is unfulfilled , The promise still outruns the deed , - The tower , but not the spire , we build . - TO MY READERS . 8 ...
... star ! MEDICAL SOCIETY DINNER . 7. Israel Putnam , 1718 . - Deal gently with us , ye who read ! Our largest hope is unfulfilled , The promise still outruns the deed , - The tower , but not the spire , we build . - TO MY READERS . 8 ...
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... star . You may see this law showing itself in the brief periods of glory which make the names of Pericles and Augustus illustrious with reflected splendors ; in the painters , the sculptors , the schol- ars of " Leo's golden days " ; in ...
... star . You may see this law showing itself in the brief periods of glory which make the names of Pericles and Augustus illustrious with reflected splendors ; in the painters , the sculptors , the schol- ars of " Leo's golden days " ; in ...
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... star or sun ; in these we see Thee , Father , only thee ! 24. Anthony Trollope , 1815 . SHAKESPEARE . I look upon a library as a kind of mental chem- ist's shop , filled with the crystals of all forms and hues which have come from the ...
... star or sun ; in these we see Thee , Father , only thee ! 24. Anthony Trollope , 1815 . SHAKESPEARE . I look upon a library as a kind of mental chem- ist's shop , filled with the crystals of all forms and hues which have come from the ...
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... star To win the soldier's envied scar ; Unarmed he battled for the right , In Duty's never - ending fight . Unconquered will , unslumbering eye , Faith such as bids the martyr die , The prophet's glance , the master's hand To mould the ...
... star To win the soldier's envied scar ; Unarmed he battled for the right , In Duty's never - ending fight . Unconquered will , unslumbering eye , Faith such as bids the martyr die , The prophet's glance , the master's hand To mould the ...
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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.