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... write anything at all without confessing some portion of his nature . I remember how a gentleman of old California days came to his death by shipwreck . His general reputation had been of decidedly misanthropic acerbity . None gave him ...
... write anything at all without confessing some portion of his nature . I remember how a gentleman of old California days came to his death by shipwreck . His general reputation had been of decidedly misanthropic acerbity . None gave him ...
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... write but do not read . Tennyson had no such conceit of self - evolu- tion . He has written sparingly and read diligently . The seven years of comparative silence were undoubtedly with him a period of study . His mental structure was ...
... write but do not read . Tennyson had no such conceit of self - evolu- tion . He has written sparingly and read diligently . The seven years of comparative silence were undoubtedly with him a period of study . His mental structure was ...
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... write an English epic , if an English epic was to be written at all ; and for all practical purposes the " Idyls " con- stitute an epic ; and if the author did not give them the name , it was probably out of respect for some arbitrary ...
... write an English epic , if an English epic was to be written at all ; and for all practical purposes the " Idyls " con- stitute an epic ; and if the author did not give them the name , it was probably out of respect for some arbitrary ...
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... write what pleased him , he certainly would have chosen the Laureate's style . Into what bright and glittering pieces Tennyson has recoined the old Italian bullion ! And with what manly decency does he stand out in his vigorous , mental ...
... write what pleased him , he certainly would have chosen the Laureate's style . Into what bright and glittering pieces Tennyson has recoined the old Italian bullion ! And with what manly decency does he stand out in his vigorous , mental ...
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... writes , takes his siesta , or does nothing . Columbus's room , as a fine chamber up - stairs is called , has a large table in the middle , on which is Columbus's inkstand . All , around the room there now hang pic- tures : some of him ...
... writes , takes his siesta , or does nothing . Columbus's room , as a fine chamber up - stairs is called , has a large table in the middle , on which is Columbus's inkstand . All , around the room there now hang pic- tures : some of him ...
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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.