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... rank , by mean and vicious behav- our , forfeit the advantages of their birth , involve themselves in much misery , and end in being a dis- grace to their friends , and a burden on society . Early , then , you may learn , that it is not ...
... rank , by mean and vicious behav- our , forfeit the advantages of their birth , involve themselves in much misery , and end in being a dis- grace to their friends , and a burden on society . Early , then , you may learn , that it is not ...
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... rank , Providence will not , for your sake , reverse its established order . The Author of your be- ing hath enjoined you to take heed to your ways ; to ponder the paths of your feet ; to remember your Creator in the days of your youth ...
... rank , Providence will not , for your sake , reverse its established order . The Author of your be- ing hath enjoined you to take heed to your ways ; to ponder the paths of your feet ; to remember your Creator in the days of your youth ...
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... rank , to regulate the intercourse of more advanced years . At present , it becomes you to act among your companions , as man with man . Remember how un- known to you are the vicissitudes of the world ; and how often they , on whom ...
... rank , to regulate the intercourse of more advanced years . At present , it becomes you to act among your companions , as man with man . Remember how un- known to you are the vicissitudes of the world ; and how often they , on whom ...
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... rank , exempts you from the duties of ap- plication and industry . Industry is the law of our be- ing ; it is the demand of Nature , of reason , and of God . Remember always , that the years which now pass over your heads , leave ...
... rank , exempts you from the duties of ap- plication and industry . Industry is the law of our be- ing ; it is the demand of Nature , of reason , and of God . Remember always , that the years which now pass over your heads , leave ...
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... rank of gen- tlemen who pretend to acknowledge its obligations , only as an expedient to conceal their want of spirit . By a conduct regulated upon these principles he grad- ually reduced a paternal estate of two thousand pounds per ...
... rank of gen- tlemen who pretend to acknowledge its obligations , only as an expedient to conceal their want of spirit . By a conduct regulated upon these principles he grad- ually reduced a paternal estate of two thousand pounds per ...
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Page 58 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 4 - If the Spring put forth no blossoms, in Summer there will be no beauty, and in Autumn. no fruit. So if youth be trifled away without improvement, manhood will be contemptible, and old age miserable.
Page 8 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.
Page 55 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place...
Page 62 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 64 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 56 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 32 - First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd; his eyes on fire In lightnings own'd his secret stings; In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings.
Page 49 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 40 - I felt such undescribable emotions within me, as I am sure could not be accounted for from any combinations of matter and motion.