The Rose of Ashurst, Volumes 1-2

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Tauchnitz, 1857

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Page 100 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 297 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 253 - But he, her fears to cease, Sent down the meek-eyed Peace ; She crown'd with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing ; And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
Page 209 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling...
Page 28 - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made...
Page 281 - So, Lady Flora, take my lay, And if you find no moral there, Go, look in any glass and say, What moral is in being fair. Oh, to what uses shall we put The wildweed-flower that simply blows? And is there any moral shut Within the bosom of the rose?
Page 73 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 20 - ... England and Wales, which are so perfectly kept, and which prove that whooping-cough ranks third in the fatal diseases of infancy in England. The complications which may accompany the disease are the cause of its fatality. Whether the microorganism of pertussis described by Burger, of Bonn, be established or not, there can be no doubt of the fact that the disease is caused by a special germ. In our treatment the most we can do probably, as yet, is to guard our patients from the possible complications....
Page 305 - Are not three sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them is forgotten before God — fear not — ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 305 - The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy work...

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