Book Excerpt: ...ships, and to play with the children, and to confess my faults, and to escape from vain, selfish desires, and to cleanse my mind from all the false and foolish things that mar the joy and peace of living. Like David's hart, I pant for the water-brooks. There is wisdom in the advice of Seneca, who says, "Where a spring rises, or a river flows, there should we build altars and offer sacrifices."The personality of a river is not to be found in its water, nor in its bed, nor in its shore. Either of these ...
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Book Excerpt: ...ships, and to play with the children, and to confess my faults, and to escape from vain, selfish desires, and to cleanse my mind from all the false and foolish things that mar the joy and peace of living. Like David's hart, I pant for the water-brooks. There is wisdom in the advice of Seneca, who says, "Where a spring rises, or a river flows, there should we build altars and offer sacrifices."The personality of a river is not to be found in its water, nor in its bed, nor in its shore. Either of these elements, by itself, would be nothing. Confine the fluid contents of the noblest stream in a walled channel of stone, and it ceases to be a stream; it becomes what Charles Lamb calls "a mockery of a river--a liquid artifice--a wretched conduit." But take away the water from the most beautiful river-banks, and what is left? An ugly road with none to travel it; a long, ghastly scar on the bosom of the earth.The life of a river, like that of a human being, consists in the union of soul and body, the...
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Fair. Fair hardcover. No dJ. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly tanned. Hinge cracked slightly in book center with some pages bent (does not affect text). Some page edge soiling. Previous owner's name on end paper and inscription on inside front cover. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/soiling. still very readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Very Good. Later. Very good/ letters on spine are faded, and it has a few stains. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Little Rivers to cart. $18.84, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1909 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. ORIGINAL 1901 PRINTING. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pages show instances of underlining in pencil, are predominantly clean and unmarked. Green cloth covers with gilt decoration show light edge wear with scuffing to corners and rubbing to spine. Binding is slightly shaken, hinges strong. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Very Good. Later. Very good. 3/4 blue morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Minor rubs on leather at corners and spine ends. Nice copy. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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