The Whistling Buoy

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J.B. Lippincott Company, 1887 - 99 páginas
 

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Página 1011 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work...
Página 977 - As to one heaven-chosen amongst his peers: My Saul, than thy brethren taller and fairer Let me behold thee in future years; — Yet thy head needeth a circlet rarer, Philip my king. — A wreath not of gold, but palm. One day, Philip my king, Thou too must tread, as we trod, a way Thorny and cruel and cold and gray: Rebels within thee and foes without, Will snatch at thy crown. But march on, glorious;, Martyr, yet monarch: till angels shout As thou sit'st at the feet of God victorious,
Página 987 - I have only begun to work ten days since, and now, in consequence, have little leisure. Before, since my return from the West, it was flying from London to Paris, and vice versa — dinners right and left— parties every night. If I had been in Philadelphia, I could scarcely have been more feasted.
Página 984 - These meetings are held by rotation at the houses of the different members. The conversation is generally literary or scientific, and as the party is usually very large, it can be varied at pleasure. Philosophers eat like other men, and the precaution of an excellent supper is by no means found to be superfluous. It acts, too, as a gentle emollient on the acrimony of debate. No man can say a harsh thing with h'is mouth full .of turkey, and disputants forget their differences in unity of enjoyment.
Página 1018 - ... according to the author, being "to put the body, with extreme and exceptional care, under the influence of all the agents which promote its health and strength, in order to enable it to meet extreme and exceptional demands upon its energies.

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