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Page 25 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Page 87 - Would bid them cling together, "For there is no friend like a sister, In calm or stormy weather, To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.
Page 8 - sensibly exists, whatsoever represents Spirit to Spirit, is ' properly a Clothing, a suit of Raiment, put on for a season, ' and to be laid off. Thus in this one pregnant subject of ' CLOTHES, rightly understood, is included all that men have ' thought, dreamed, done, and been : the whole Eternal ' Universe and what it holds is but Clothing ; and the ' essence of all Science lies in the PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES.
Page 20 - MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY ; or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children.
Page 438 - ... as heat the scroll; And wrath has left its scar — that fire of hell Has left its frightful scar upon my soul. Yet though thou wear'st the glory of the sky, Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name, The same fair thoughtful brow, and gentle eye, Lovelier in heaven's sweet climate, yet the same...
Page 336 - O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Page 99 - Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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Page 340 - They are not lost ; they are within the door That shuts out loss, and every hurtful thing— With angels bright, and loved ones gone before, In their Redeemer's presence evermore, And God Himself their Lord, and Judge, and King. And this we call a "loss...