Lessons on Morals: Arranged for Grammar Schools, High Schools, and Academies

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Hinds & Noble, 1899 - 283 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 250 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Pàgina 214 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside...
Pàgina 129 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Pàgina 185 - ... unknown, unloved, or hostile society of the outer world is allowed by either husband or wife to cross the threshold, it ceases to be home; it is then only a part of that outer world which you have roofed over, and lighted fire in. But so far as it is a sacred place, a vestal temple, a temple of the hearth watched over by Household Gods...
Pàgina 259 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Pàgina 248 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
Pàgina 46 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Pàgina 58 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Pàgina 173 - Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo. The condition which high friendship demands is ability to do without it.
Pàgina 116 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.

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