A bonfire to be made of the gallows and of all symbols of evil.
The love of posterity is a consequence of the necessity of death. If a
man were sure of living forever here, he would not care about his
offspring.
The device of a sun-dial for a monument over a grave, with some suitable
motto.
A man with the right perception of things,--a feeling within him of what
is true and what is false. It might be symbolized by the talisman with
which, in fairy tales, an adventurer was enabled to distinguish
enchantments from realities.
A phantom of the old royal governors, or some such shadowy pageant, on
the night of the evacuation of Boston by the British.
------ taking my likeness, I said that such changes would come over my
face that she would not know me when we met again in heaven. "See if I
do not!" said she, smiling. There was the most peculiar and beautiful
humor in the point itself, and in her manner, that can be imagined.
Little F. H------ used to look into E----'s mouth to see where her smiles
came from.
"There is no Measure for Measure to my affections.
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