Littell's Living Age, Volume 112Living Age Company Incorporated, 1872 |
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Page 77
... true woman as she was , had a womanly love of show in her quiet way - of making a genteel figure in the neighbourhood - of seeing that sixpence not only went as far as sixpence ought to go , but that in the going it should emit a mild ...
... true woman as she was , had a womanly love of show in her quiet way - of making a genteel figure in the neighbourhood - of seeing that sixpence not only went as far as sixpence ought to go , but that in the going it should emit a mild ...
Page 92
... true , indeed , as was pointed out by Professors Young and Harkness , Dr. Curtis , and my- CHAPTER X. TRUE to his promise the next morning , 92 THE DECEMBER ECLIPSE .
... true , indeed , as was pointed out by Professors Young and Harkness , Dr. Curtis , and my- CHAPTER X. TRUE to his promise the next morning , 92 THE DECEMBER ECLIPSE .
Page 93
... true solar corona undoubtedly be determined by means of such appliances grows fainter and fainter with increased as are at present available , yet it was extension from the sun . That is , if we possible last December to demonstrate the ...
... true solar corona undoubtedly be determined by means of such appliances grows fainter and fainter with increased as are at present available , yet it was extension from the sun . That is , if we possible last December to demonstrate the ...
Page 98
... true he's steadied a bit , " Philip continued ; " he's usen't to be the man likely to make a girl happy . " Curtis made no remark . " I reckon , " said Philip with an effort , ' twas all a settled thing when she went over to Luton Revel ...
... true he's steadied a bit , " Philip continued ; " he's usen't to be the man likely to make a girl happy . " Curtis made no remark . " I reckon , " said Philip with an effort , ' twas all a settled thing when she went over to Luton Revel ...
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... true place in human affairs . He has now sought to carry this work into a wider field ; and he has aptly chosen as his subject the philosophers in whom the Socratic faith bore its worthy and lifelong fruits ; who was raised by means of ...
... true place in human affairs . He has now sought to carry this work into a wider field ; and he has aptly chosen as his subject the philosophers in whom the Socratic faith bore its worthy and lifelong fruits ; who was raised by means of ...
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Page 284 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 71 - The other shape, — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either, — black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 68 - A nun demure of lowly port; Or sprightly maiden, of Love's court, In thy simplicity the sport Of all temptations; A queen in crown of rubies drest ; A starveling in a scanty vest; Are all, as seems to suit thee best, Thy appellations.
Page 256 - Strange to think by the way, Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.
Page 408 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 408 - To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke ; Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restored...
Page 68 - To every natural form, rock, fruit, or flower, Even the loose stones that cover the highway, I gave a moral life : I saw them feel, Or linked them to some feeling : the great mass Lay bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning.
Page 69 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 73 - By the mercy of God, I am already come within twenty years of his number, a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine.
Page 5 - He traversed the desert of Arabia with a timorous retinue of women and children ; but as he approached the confines of Irak he was alarmed by the solitary or hostile face of the country, and suspected either the defection or ruin of his party. His fears were just: Obeidollah, the governor of Cufa, had...