A Voyage at AnchorF.V. White, 1900 - 310 pages |
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Page 34 - ... One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things : — We murder to dissect Enough of Science and of Art ; Close up those barren leaves ; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
Page 245 - At the first glance she perceived that it was empty, and that the bed had not been slept in.
Page 213 - Spry to me, knuckling his brow, and jerking his head over his shoulder in the direction of the whaler. " I have been looking at her," said I, stooping into the hood of the hatch-cover to reach down the case which contained my binoculars.
Page 262 - It was very dark in the shadow under the counter, and for a moment or two I could make out nothing. But the...