 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...acorn which he has buried ш the earth shall grow up into a lofty tree, and shall keep on flourishin?, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after...he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields. " Lively." How does the water come down at Lodoro P Here it comes sparkling, And there it lies darkling;... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 406 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they... | |
 | 1822 - 962 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they... | |
 | England - 1822 - 446 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his par temal fields. Indeed, it is the nature of such occupations to lift the thoughts above mere \vorkllincss.... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...Indeed, it is the nature of such occupations to lift the thought above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 274 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...Indeed, it is the nature of such occupations to lift the thought above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said" to absorb all noxious qualities of... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...it is the nature of such occupations, to lift the thought above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on nourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after...it is the nature of such occupations, to lift the thought above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 276 pages
...that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind,...tread his paternal fields. Indeed, it is the nature of auch occupations to lift the thoughts above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb... | |
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... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth... 
