But the nomads were the terror of all those whom the soil or the advantages of the market had induced to build… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is not generally remembered, if known, by thedescendants of the Pilgrims, that when their forefathers were spending their first memorable winter… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
See the kind seed-receiving earth To every grain affords a birth: On her no showers unwelcome fall, Her willing womb retains 'em… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distempered blood Than to make up a free determination 'Twixt… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let me make the superstitionsof a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
But I can assure my readers that Walden has a reasonably tight bottom at a not unreasonable, though at an unusual, depth.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If the opponent is weak, you can win, you cocky but powerful opponent to win not only reflects your ability but also… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
For nations vague as weed, For nomads among stones, Small-statured cross-faced tribes And cobble-close families In mill-towns on dark mornings Life is… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
The bells discuss the hour's gradations, Dusty shelves hold prayers and proofs: Above, Chaldean constellations Sparkle over crowded roofs. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express theiropinion on some subject which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Bob, it's the second night of violence in this normally quiet, yet generally swinging, Casino Capital of the East. — John Guare Copy Share Image
Give me the eye to see a navy in an acorn. What is there of the divine in a load of bricks?What… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sweet weight, in celebration of the woman I am and of the soul of the woman I am and of the central… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Old soldiers, Miss Dandridge. Someday you'll learn how they hate to give up. Captain of a troop one day, every man's face… — Frank S Nugent Copy Share Image
The window is wide On a crawling arch of stars, and the night Reacts faintly to the mathematic Passion of a cello… — Thomas Kinsella Copy Share Image
Under your good correction, Ihave seen When, after execution, judgment hath Repented o'er his doom. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
At this season I seldom had a visitor. When the snow lay deepest no wanderer venturednear my house for a week or… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I suggested to them also the great desirability of a general knowledge on the Island of the English language. They are under… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
