 If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity, we turn to the sky as a last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of? One says it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who, among the whole chattering crowd,...  Friends' Weekly Intelligencer - Page 4041870Full view - About this book
 | 1860 - 722 pages
...never make it a subject of thought, but as it has to do with our animal sensations. If in our momenta of utter idleness and insipidity we turn to the sky...we speak of? One says it has been wet, and another that it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who among the whole chattering crowd can tell... | |
 | 1847 - 584 pages
...accident, too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 pages
...accident, too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that girded the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...accident, too common and too painful to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains lhat gilded the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1851 - 464 pages
...too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of thought or a glance of admiration. If in a moment of utter idleness and insipidity we turn to the sky...it has been windy, and another, it has been warm.' " Sweeping censure this, Miss Paton. Do you plead guilty ? " " No," said Dora ; " but I do think the... | |
 | 1852 - 644 pages
...accident, too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness or a glance of admiration. If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity...and another it has been warm. Who among the whole clattering crowd can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain oftall white mountains that... | |
 | 1853 - 394 pages
...accident ; too common and too vain to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness or a glance of admiration. — If in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity...phenomena do we speak of? One says it has been wet ; another it has been windy ; and another it has been warm. Who among the whole clattering crowd can... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...accident, too common and too painful to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of 3 One says it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who, among... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 pages
...worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If, in our moments of utter VOL. II. 2 A idleness and insipidity, we turn to the sky as a last...whole chattering crowd, can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that gilded the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pages
...accident, too common and too vain, to be worthy of a moment of watchfulness, or a glance of admiration. If, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity,...windy, and another it has been warm. Who among the chattering crowd can tell me of the forms and the precipices of the chain of tall white mountains that... | |
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