The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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... if he were carefully packed into a leaden coffin , and buried under one of those huge hideous monumental masses of stone which disfigure our churches and cemeteries . I do not ask the reader whether he cares to 4 The Secret of Long Life .
... if he were carefully packed into a leaden coffin , and buried under one of those huge hideous monumental masses of stone which disfigure our churches and cemeteries . I do not ask the reader whether he cares to 4 The Secret of Long Life .
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... church- men and soldiers , wild humourists and revellers , poetic dreamers , women of wit , of adventure , of romance , heroes and cowards , philosophers and clowns , felt within him the sadness of sweet 14 The Secret of Long Life .
... church- men and soldiers , wild humourists and revellers , poetic dreamers , women of wit , of adventure , of romance , heroes and cowards , philosophers and clowns , felt within him the sadness of sweet 14 The Secret of Long Life .
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... church , and would give free permission to sectaries to build conventicles for themselves . But what about education ? and what about amusement ? Well , I hope we should have a free grammar school of the best kind — a village Eton ...
... church , and would give free permission to sectaries to build conventicles for themselves . But what about education ? and what about amusement ? Well , I hope we should have a free grammar school of the best kind — a village Eton ...
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... and the infants skipped and danced , and a pair or two of lovers roamed and whispered . I would build my village , so far as possible , round this common ; the church , the schools , the clubs 26 The Secret of Long Life .
... and the infants skipped and danced , and a pair or two of lovers roamed and whispered . I would build my village , so far as possible , round this common ; the church , the schools , the clubs 26 The Secret of Long Life .
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Edward James Mortimer Collins. common ; the church , the schools , the clubs , the travellers ' rest , the village hall , and other public edifices , should look down upon it ; so the amusement of the place would be open and general ...
Edward James Mortimer Collins. common ; the church , the schools , the clubs , the travellers ' rest , the village hall , and other public edifices , should look down upon it ; so the amusement of the place would be open and general ...
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The Secret of Long Life [By E.J.M. Collins] Edward James Mortimer Collins Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 32 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Página 94 - And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? Yes, we await it! — but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne; And all his store of sad experience he Lays bare of wretched days...