Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
american-celebrity godly sorrow though truth worldly
So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.
american-celebrity disdain far men shall
Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?
life
I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire.
none
I'll answer to none but the King himself.
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Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.
among boast flourishes original people purity stock
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
camping
If you're not in New York, you're camping out.
bigger hard law money works
The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.
keeps nature steals
The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.
fellowship life lounge medium trying
It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
prescribed
I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.
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Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
against appealing approach dear hopeful pass pointing rather reassure saw sweet trembling
As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.
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Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.