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... standing of the State as a home to live in will not depend upon the products of the soil or mines , nor on the inland and foreign trade , but on the character of the men and women born or bred beyond the If their intelligence is trained ...
... standing of the State as a home to live in will not depend upon the products of the soil or mines , nor on the inland and foreign trade , but on the character of the men and women born or bred beyond the If their intelligence is trained ...
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... stand still . If it goes not forward , it inevitably goes backward , and may do so at any stage of its advance . Childhood- beautiful , joyous childhood - how beautiful , and yet how fleeting ! Its characteristic faculties cannot remain ...
... stand still . If it goes not forward , it inevitably goes backward , and may do so at any stage of its advance . Childhood- beautiful , joyous childhood - how beautiful , and yet how fleeting ! Its characteristic faculties cannot remain ...
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... stand above and subordinate the lower . Thus the process of a true culture and its result may be fitly likened to the building and completion of a splendid temple , with its massive foundation , its stately walls , and its glorious roof ...
... stand above and subordinate the lower . Thus the process of a true culture and its result may be fitly likened to the building and completion of a splendid temple , with its massive foundation , its stately walls , and its glorious roof ...
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... stand out in his vigorous , mental health as compared with La Fontaine's licentious indolence , and in working the same lode . As a moralist , and in comparison with the French masters in that regard , Tenny- son has much of the ...
... stand out in his vigorous , mental health as compared with La Fontaine's licentious indolence , and in working the same lode . As a moralist , and in comparison with the French masters in that regard , Tenny- son has much of the ...
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... stand him in good service . But a day may come when the public familiar with the text of his plays will enjoy them on representation . Be it remembered that " The Cid " had detractors whose opin- ions were weighty ; and that Molière's ...
... stand him in good service . But a day may come when the public familiar with the text of his plays will enjoy them on representation . Be it remembered that " The Cid " had detractors whose opin- ions were weighty ; and that Molière's ...
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Page 167 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 25 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 74 - Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. "Let me of my heart take counsel: War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?" But the drum Echoed, "Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemnsounding drum.
Page 216 - Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice ; look at them attentively ; observe the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds; would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it...
Page 79 - I've packed him on my back, as you see'd me now. It ain't the first time that I brought him to this yer cabin when he couldn't help himself; it ain't the first time that I and 'Jinny' have waited for him on yon hill, and picked him up and so fetched him home, when he couldn't speak, and didn't know me.
Page 167 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 168 - ... the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. For example, if under the influence of his delusion...
Page 158 - Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work...
Page 209 - Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve; Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose, I know His courts, I'll enter in Whatever may oppose.
Page 116 - May-pole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had.