There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood ; that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and despondency; who that has pined on a weary bed... Titan: A Monthly Magazine... - Página 1271846Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land ; but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land ; but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land; but has thought on the mother "that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his- pillow, and administered to his helplessness... | |
| 1823 - 426 páginas
...of cultivation." SICKNESS. There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of mankind— that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who that has suffered in advance life, in sickness and despondency; whe that has pined on a weary bed in the neglect... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land ; but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered te his helplessness... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land; but has thought on the mother « that looked on his childhood,)) that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his... | |
| 1837 - 634 páginas
...pallet on which his widowed mother had passed many a sleepless night, and he never rose from it again. There is something in sickness that breaks down the...and loneliness of a foreign land, but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow and administered to his helplessness!... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land, but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness.... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 412 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land, but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness.... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 páginas
...— he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand. There is something in...and loneliness of a foreign land, but has thought on the mother " that looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness.... | |
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