John James
John James
kindness thinking errors
I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.
husband children europe
I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.
suits
The mercantile business did not suit me
trying fruit talent
The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.
kindness evil forever
To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.
blessing draftsman
To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.
song bird listening
I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.
long style copying
I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect, but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.
forests noble trouble
In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.
years tendencies walks
During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
cope great victory
What great sportsmanship, ... I think we can cope with victory now. We've outperformed the Aussies all summer.
blades breeze brooding chilled crows feels gay gentle gives grass heavy presence pure rock shakes utterance white
The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.
abroad among god grateful mountains pine praise risen waste
Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city.
considered golden powers though
The Golden Eagle, which has universally been considered as a bird of most extraordinary powers of flight, is in my estimation little more than a sluggard, though its wings are long and ample.