Amenities of HomeAppleton, 1881 - 134 pages |
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Page 83 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Page 23 - As God will ! And in His hottest fire hold still. He comes and lays my heart, all heated, On the hard anvil, minded so Into His own fair shape to beat it With His great hammer, blow on blow ; And yet I whisper : As God will ! And at His heaviest blows hold still.
Page 34 - I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americans, to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply — to the superiority of their women.
Page 23 - He takes my softened heart, and beats it, The sparks fly off at every blow. He turns it o'er and o'er and heats it, And lets it cool and makes it glow. And yet I whisper: As God will!
Page 115 - WOMEN in their nature are much more gay and joyous than men ; whether it be that their blood is more refined, their fibres more delicate, and their animal spirits more light and volatile ; or whether, as some have imagined, there may not be a kind of sex in the very soul, I shall not pretend to determine.