The Invisible Balance SheetJohn Lane Company, 1916 - 375 pages |
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Page 18 - In the spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Page 326 - Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
Page 322 - A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other favorable event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. Nothing , can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace \. but the triumph of principles.
Page 30 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 230 - And then he thinks he knows The hills where his life rose, And the sea where it goes.
Page 153 - Little brother!" (O Mother, Mary Mother, Here for a space, between Hell and Heaven!) "Ah! what white thing at the door has cross'd, Sister Helen? Ah! what is this that sighs in the frost?" "A soul that's lost as mine is lost, Little brother!
Page 206 - If you like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing you like," and " that's all right for you ; this is all right for me.
Page 285 - sir, my profession is to answer no questions ; and what I know best is — to hold my tongue ! " The stranger laughed out. " Well, well, that is what all Englishmen know best! " said he; "but don't be offended, — if you will come home with me, I will give you a glass of brandy! " * I am very much obliged for the offer, but business obliges me to decline it. Good morning, sir.
Page 149 - Amo, amas, | I loved a lass,! And she was tall and slender, | Amas, amat, \ I laid her flat, | And tickled her feminine gender,
Page 216 - There was silence in the room for a few moments — and then he said persuasively : "And may I ask you about yourself?