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The taste forever refines in the study of women.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Age: 61 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 20
Died: 1867
Died: January 20
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Nathanael Parker Willis
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The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.
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Of dead kingdoms I recall the soul, sitting amid their ruins
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Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.
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The dust is old upon my sandal-shoon, And still I am a pilgrim I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters, And worshipp'd at innumerable shrines Of beauty and the painter's art, to me, And sculpture, speak as with a living tongue, And of dead kingdoms, I recall the soul, Sitting amid their ruins.
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Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.
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It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought.
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T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.
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The sin forgiven by Christ in HeavenBy man is cursed alway.
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Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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How beautiful it is for a man to die Upon the walls of Zion! to be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel, To put his armour off, and rest in heaven!
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.
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Some noble spirits mistake despair for content.
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