As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it... The New England Magazine - Page 6461897Full view - About this book
| 1820 - 856 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity? ' As, the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage...ordered by providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage...ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Boston (Mass.) - 1826 - 426 pages
...except its living years. BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. "As the vine, which has long twined its folinge around the oak, and been lifted by it into sun-shine, will, when the hardy plant is rilled by the thunderbolt, cling around it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its scattered boughs;... | |
| Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...have had to record for many years! — Lon. pa. As the vine which has long twined its foliage around the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will,...the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling around it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its scattered boughs; so it is bountifully ordered... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest Blasts of adversity. <. As the vine, which lias long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and...ordered by 'Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it in sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing... | |
| Conduct of life - 1832 - 410 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hoars, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity;... | |
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