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... English literature , for of English literature he knew nothing . Those who suppose him to have studied the Fairy Queen might easily be confuted , if this were the proper place for a detailed examination of the passages in which the two ...
... English literature , for of English literature he knew nothing . Those who suppose him to have studied the Fairy Queen might easily be confuted , if this were the proper place for a detailed examination of the passages in which the two ...
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... English and French nations . M. Montes- vinces , which death intercepted at Taganrog . quieu maintained that the French were much Here is the first interview . The unusual and more intelligent and acute than the English . condescending ...
... English and French nations . M. Montes- vinces , which death intercepted at Taganrog . quieu maintained that the French were much Here is the first interview . The unusual and more intelligent and acute than the English . condescending ...
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... English gentleman ) , at the age of eighteen , his fingers never acquired the delicacy of touch of the other pupils . There is no evidence that his senses of smell and taste were turned to particular account in his education ; but they ...
... English gentleman ) , at the age of eighteen , his fingers never acquired the delicacy of touch of the other pupils . There is no evidence that his senses of smell and taste were turned to particular account in his education ; but they ...
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... English language is spoken . There is great variety in the contents , which combine very frequently the interest of story and anecdote with literary merit of high order . The selections are generally from the most distinguished writers ...
... English language is spoken . There is great variety in the contents , which combine very frequently the interest of story and anecdote with literary merit of high order . The selections are generally from the most distinguished writers ...
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... English captives being exposed satisfactorily proved by its complete extinction for sale in the market of Rome , we are inin almost all the more highly civilized and re - debted for the first gleam of the light of Gosfined communities ...
... English captives being exposed satisfactorily proved by its complete extinction for sale in the market of Rome , we are inin almost all the more highly civilized and re - debted for the first gleam of the light of Gosfined communities ...
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Page 288 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 239 - I live for those who love me, For those who know me true, For the heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too ; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.
Page 164 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 49 - Twas at thy door, O friend ! and not at mine, The angel with the amaranthine wreath, Pausing, descended, and with voice divine, Whispered a word that had a sound like Death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly, from that hushed and darkened room, Two angels issued, where but one went in.
Page 144 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Page 66 - As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion...
Page 145 - ... the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing ; which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Page 299 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 402 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Page 335 - If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper. It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject than what that author has made use of in his Elements.