23 . April Days Days(1) of witchery, subtly sweet, When every hill and tree finds heart(2), When winter and spring like lovers meet In the mist of noon and part -- In the April days. Nights; when the wood frogs faintly peep(3) Once -- twice -- and
06 The House-Cricket Crickets are fond of kitchens and bakers' ovens, on account of their perpetual warmth. Tender insects that live abroad either enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable months in profound
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal(2) Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or
34.A Man's A Man For A' ThatIs there for honest povertyThat hings his head, an' a' that ?(2)The coward slave, we pass him byWe dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that,Our toils obscure, an' a' that;The rank is but the guinea's stamp(3),T
26 . Asummer Day One day thirty years ago Marseilles lay in the burning sun. A blazing non upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then than at any other time before or since. Every-tiring in Marseiiles and about Marseille
28 . Hints For Those That Would Be Rich The Use of Money is all the Advantage there is in having Money. For £ 6 a Year you may have the Use of £ 100 if you are a Man of known Prudence and Honesty. He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly a
27 . An Important Aspect Of College Life It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such a way that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established
07 on Etiquette ON ETIQUETTE Etiquette to society is what apparel is to the individual. Without apparel men would go in shameful nudity which would surely lead to the corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable state an
08 an Hour Before Sunrise an Hour Before Sunrise An hour before sunrise in the city there in an air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets, which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the
Hodeslea, Eastbourne, November 5, 1892 Dear Sir, I am very sorry that the pressure of other occupations has prevented me from sending an earlier reply to your letter. In my opinion a man's first duty is to find a way(1) of supporting himself,thereby
10 THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to date as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful monk and philosopher of Oxford, who lived between
The body of an animal may well be compared with(1) some machine like a locomotive engine. Indeed, the animal body is a machine. It is a machine composed of(2) many parts, each part doing some particular kind of work for which a particular kind of str
- George Washington to His Wife
- Night in the Open World
- Who Loves His Country
- Trees
- Happy Life at A Tavern
- 35.The Beauty Of Pisa In The Afternoon
- 33.Trees
- 32.Journey To The Bottoms Of The Pacific Ocean
- 31.Crossing The Rubicon 越过卢比孔河
- 29.The Angler 钓 鱼 翁
- 25.Letter to Mrs. Bixby(1)
- 24.I Remember, I Remember
- A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn
- James Watt And The Teakettle
- A Curious Decision
- The Humming-Bird
- The First Snow
- A Little Girl
- Pines
- 05 Reading Good Books
- George Washington to His Wife
- Night in the Open World
- Who Loves His Country
- Trees
- Happy Life at A Tavern
- 35.The Beauty Of Pisa In The Afternoon
- 33.Trees
- 32.Journey To The Bottoms Of The Pacific Ocean
- 31.Crossing The Rubicon 越过卢比孔河
- 29.The Angler 钓 鱼 翁
- 25.Letter to Mrs. Bixby(1)
- 24.I Remember, I Remember
- A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn
- James Watt And The Teakettle
- A Curious Decision
- The Humming-Bird
- The First Snow
- A Little Girl
- Pines
- 05 Reading Good Books