 | 1839 - 320 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 woi-ldlincss. As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefitting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread...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... | |
 | James Grigor - Norfolk (England) - 1841 - 500 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... | |
 | James Grigor - Norfolk (England) - 1841 - 504 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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 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,...he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields." ' Lively '. " How does the water come down at Lodore ? Here it comes sparkling, And there it lies darkling... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1845 - 412 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 496 pages
...the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth will grow up into a lofty pile, and 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1849 - 502 pages
...the acorn which he has buried in the earth will grow up into a lofty pile, and keep on nourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 510 pages
...the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth will grow up into a lofty pile, and 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 524 pages
...the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth will grow up into a lofty pile, and 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... | |
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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... 
