His Little Mother: And Other Tales and Sketches

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Harper, 1881 - 269 pages
 

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Page 238 - John's ideal John; never the real one, and often very unlike him. 3. Thomas's ideal John; never the real John, nor John's John, but often very unlike either.
Page 160 - Hark! Hark! Hear him singing!" I listened, but not a sound reached my ear. Was it strange that I felt a momentary pang? Those that look out at the windows are darkened, and all the daughters of music are brought low.
Page 259 - ... much as I liked the performance, I was sorry to see it. But to show you the higher ratio of the apparent unreason I will explain why. I never doubted that you could if you liked accomplish a thing of this kind — and better even than this — and take your place among the hourly aggregating troop of authoresses, who are the pleasant vices and brilliant misfortunes of recent English literature.
Page 251 - If it be humility to be as nothing before God : if it be humility, not as a dutiful theory, but as an actual involuntary consciousness, to ignore the possession of a single substantive power or quality, to live, move, speak, but as the helpless instrument of the One Omnipotent Sole Life, Sole Good, then are few humbler men alive than I.
Page 162 - It is worth while travelling if only to come across such people ; practical examples that a man's life consists not in the abundance of things which he possesses...

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