The Living Age, Volume 213E. Littell & Company, 1897 |
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... stood aside , his heart warm with a sudden pride , his blood stirred by something that had not moved it these thirty years . The guests crowded out of the room , old men who should have known better , laughing as they threw aside their ...
... stood aside , his heart warm with a sudden pride , his blood stirred by something that had not moved it these thirty years . The guests crowded out of the room , old men who should have known better , laughing as they threw aside their ...
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... stood at his elbow , took it up , rat- tled it , and laid it down . He pressed the tobacco hard with his thumb , and , turning to Horner , said sharply : - Look at me - never a brief ; literary contributions returned with thanks ...
... stood at his elbow , took it up , rat- tled it , and laid it down . He pressed the tobacco hard with his thumb , and , turning to Horner , said sharply : - Look at me - never a brief ; literary contributions returned with thanks ...
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... stood a full six foot , and looked down at his companion , who sat white - faced and shrinking . " It is quite easy , " he said , for me to disappear in such a manner as to arouse suspicion . I have nothing to keep me here . My briefs ...
... stood a full six foot , and looked down at his companion , who sat white - faced and shrinking . " It is quite easy , " he said , for me to disappear in such a manner as to arouse suspicion . I have nothing to keep me here . My briefs ...
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... stood with his legs apart , his hands thrust deep into his pockets , a gay laugh on his lips , and much dis- cernment in his eyes . “ Oh , d - n Edith ! " he added , after a pause , seeing that his efforts met with no response . " D - n ...
... stood with his legs apart , his hands thrust deep into his pockets , a gay laugh on his lips , and much dis- cernment in his eyes . “ Oh , d - n Edith ! " he added , after a pause , seeing that his efforts met with no response . " D - n ...
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... stood to Englishmen in The most astounding characteristic of the years just before the Mutiny was the infatuated sense of security which pervaded all classes of Europeans . On the very eve of the outbreak there was no suspicion at all ...
... stood to Englishmen in The most astounding characteristic of the years just before the Mutiny was the infatuated sense of security which pervaded all classes of Europeans . On the very eve of the outbreak there was no suspicion at all ...
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Page 283 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Page 293 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too...
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Page 291 - To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
Page 291 - IN a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them, With a sleety whistle through them; Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime.
Page 269 - Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterwards that which is spiritual.
Page 542 - Corydon would kiss her then,. She said, maids must kiss no men, Till they did for good and all ; Then she made the shepherd- call • All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth. Thus with many a pretty oath, Yea and nay, and faith and troth, Such as...
Page 205 - Cressid's name the very crown of falsehood, If ever she leave Troilus ! Time, force, and death, Do to this body what extremes you can ; But the strong base and building of my love Is as the very centre of the earth, Drawing all things to it.
Page 227 - He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone, But in the darkness and the cloud, As over Sinai's peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Altho
Page 93 - Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.