| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Twain. (18351910) (continued) |
| | | hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of twenty-four hours. |
| New England Weather (Speech at dinner of New England Society. New York, Dec. 22, 1876.) |
| 7806 | | Probable nor-east to sou-west winds, varying to the southard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer, sweeping round from place to place; probable areas of rain, snow, hail, and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes with thunder and lightning. |
| New England Weather (Speech at dinner of New England Society. New York, Dec. 22, 1876.) |
| | | Alfred Austin. (18351913) |
| | | 7807 | Is life worth living? Yes, so long As there is wrong to right. |
| Is Life worth living. |
| 7808 | So long as faith with freedom reigns And loyal hope survives, And gracious charity remains To leaven lowly lives; While there is one untrodden tract For intellect or will, And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living still. |
| Is Life worth living. |
| | | Harriet Prescott Spofford. (1835 ?) |
| | | 7809 | | The awful phantom of the hungry poor. |
| Sonnet. A Winters Night. |
| 7810 | Ah, happy world, where all things live Creatures of one great law, indeed; Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower, Swept by great seas, the drifting seed! |
| The Story of the Flower. |
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