Love Laughs LastGeorge H. Doran Company, 1919 - 344 pages |
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Page 290 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 323 - ... Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.
Page 113 - IF you become a nun, dear, A friar I will be; In any cell you run, dear, Pray look behind for me. The roses all turn pale, too; The doves all take the veil, too; The blind will see the show; What! you become a nun, my dear. I'll not believe it, no! To 625 If you become a nun, dear, The bishop Love will be: The Cupids every one, dear, Will chant, "We trust in thee!
Page 208 - Dear lassie," he cries, wi' a jeer, "Ne'er heed what the auld anes will say; Though we've little to brag o', ne'er fear— What's gowd to a heart that is wae?
Page 306 - ... thou wishest to give thyself delight, think of the excellences of those who live with thee ; for instance of the energy of one, the modesty of another, the liberal kindness of a third.
Page 166 - ... dawn in the evolution of science. The neglect to study inebriety scientifically, and its influence on public health, has opened the door for an army of quacks, who rush in with secret remedies to drive out this disorder. It is the same old story of credulity, disappointment and loss ; a repetition of the blind leading the blind and both falling into the ditch.
Page 137 - Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. X Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house ; Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Page 32 - Remembering no more the animosities or the sorrows of imprisonment. They were deprived of the consolation of closing their eyes Among the countrymen they loved, But they have been laid in an honourable grave By a nation which knows how to respect valour And to sympathise with misfortune.
Page 23 - Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to their Use and Amusement...
Page 66 - These symptoms of a rising reputation gave me encouragement, as I was ever more disposed to see the favourable than the unfavourable side of things ; a turn of mind which it is more happy to possess, than to be born to an estate of ten thousand a year.