 | 1896 - 92 pages
...idea 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. — Washington Irving. ACCORDANCE OF NATURE. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme... | |
 | 1896 - 360 pages
...idea 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. — Washington Irving. ACCORDANCE OF NATURE. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme... | |
 | Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 1216 pages
...that the acorn which he haa buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and ehall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his par tcrnal fields. Indeed, it is the nature of such occupations to lift the thoughts above mere worldlineM.... | |
 | Mary Grace Fickett - 1902 - 208 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...he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields. I can easily imagine the fondness and pride with which English gentlemen, of generous temperaments,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 pages
...grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, loug after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields....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 - 1904 - 744 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... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 400 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. The oak, in the pride and lustihood of its growth, seems to me to take its range with the lion and... | |
 | 1912 - 462 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. The oak, in the pride and lustihood of its growth, seems to me to take its range with the lion and... | |
 | 1912 - 348 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." Of the Fay occupancy Mr. Newhall says : "In 1847, Richard S. Fay, Esq., purchased the estate and also... | |
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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... 
