Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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... of pronunciation which reminded me of a horse running away- " Sir , Mr. a - a - a - my dear , dear friend - my tongue falters - I can't speak - I am dumb gratitude has shut up the sluices of my heart 4 THE POOR AUTHOR .
... of pronunciation which reminded me of a horse running away- " Sir , Mr. a - a - a - my dear , dear friend - my tongue falters - I can't speak - I am dumb gratitude has shut up the sluices of my heart 4 THE POOR AUTHOR .
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... heart ; and the cataract of my oratorial powers is dried up- pro tem . But it will come directly - stop till I get into the house- ' Arma virumque cano . ' that is to say , I'll tell you my history ; but just at this moment ...
... heart ; and the cataract of my oratorial powers is dried up- pro tem . But it will come directly - stop till I get into the house- ' Arma virumque cano . ' that is to say , I'll tell you my history ; but just at this moment ...
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... ticularly complaisant friend would laud the little off- springs of my pen ; but it did not gain me bread and butter , and could not satisfy the cravings of hungry na- ture . With a full heart and an empty stomach THE POOR AUTHOR . 7.
... ticularly complaisant friend would laud the little off- springs of my pen ; but it did not gain me bread and butter , and could not satisfy the cravings of hungry na- ture . With a full heart and an empty stomach THE POOR AUTHOR . 7.
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... heart and an empty stomach , I relinquished my attempt , and bade farewell to my sweet lyre , in a manner that , I thought , could not fail of attract- ing universal sympathy . I walked out the next morning , expecting to meet many a ...
... heart and an empty stomach , I relinquished my attempt , and bade farewell to my sweet lyre , in a manner that , I thought , could not fail of attract- ing universal sympathy . I walked out the next morning , expecting to meet many a ...
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... heart ; but soon the disappointment began to lose its bitterness , and I received a consolation ( which , wicked as it was , I could not repress , ) in discovering that hun- dreds of unsuccessful authors were exactly in my con- dition ...
... heart ; but soon the disappointment began to lose its bitterness , and I received a consolation ( which , wicked as it was , I could not repress , ) in discovering that hun- dreds of unsuccessful authors were exactly in my con- dition ...
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Page 70 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 195 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Page 7 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 98 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 192 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 158 - My only strength and stay. Forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace; both joining, As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us, That cruel serpent.
Page 188 - That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 89 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 153 - And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...
Page 3 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes and gives.