To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were...) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed toward a love to our country and to mankind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,... And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye-- So priketh hem nature in hir corages-- Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth, Inspired hath in every holt and heeth... The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne, And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye, (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages); Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
on a Saterday This carpenter was goon til Oseney,... And hende Nicholas and Alisoun Accorded been to this conclusioun, That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But age, allas that al wol envenime, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith--... Lat go, farewel, the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namore to telle:LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Croft had an instinctive knowledge of land, sensed the stresses and torsions that had first erupted it, the abrasions of wind and ...water. The platoon had long ceased to question any direction he took; they knew he would be right as infallibly as sun after darkness or fatigue after a long march.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
These philosophers dwell on the inevitability and unchangeableness of laws, on the power of temperament and constitution, the thre...e goon, or qualities, and the circumstances, or birth and affinity. The end is an immense consolation; eternal absorption in Brahma.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »