The Living Age, 213. köideE. Littell & Company, 1897 |
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... seemed to be absolutely im- possible , to take a stronghold by force , only to find himself amongst enemies who were vastly superior in numbers and position . An incident is given which marks the intense determination to which the real ...
... seemed to be absolutely im- possible , to take a stronghold by force , only to find himself amongst enemies who were vastly superior in numbers and position . An incident is given which marks the intense determination to which the real ...
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... seemed to consider themselves hopelessly de- feated , and were utterly despondent ; they never even hoisted the union - jack until the relieving force was close at hand . " Yet the walls of Kandahar were so high and thick as to render ...
... seemed to consider themselves hopelessly de- feated , and were utterly despondent ; they never even hoisted the union - jack until the relieving force was close at hand . " Yet the walls of Kandahar were so high and thick as to render ...
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... seemed limp with heat ; and every beverage became lukewarm on its passage from the ice - chest to the thirsty lip . On either side were wastes of mangrove swamps , stretching away as far as the eye could reach , broken here and there by ...
... seemed limp with heat ; and every beverage became lukewarm on its passage from the ice - chest to the thirsty lip . On either side were wastes of mangrove swamps , stretching away as far as the eye could reach , broken here and there by ...
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... seemed to be rippling over , like an autumn wave , with the inspira- tion of genius . Motionless she watched his every movement until he turned the back into the pavilion , when she hur- ried to her boudoir filled with indigna- tion ...
... seemed to be rippling over , like an autumn wave , with the inspira- tion of genius . Motionless she watched his every movement until he turned the back into the pavilion , when she hur- ried to her boudoir filled with indigna- tion ...
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... seemed to be ebbing lower and lower , though I cursed my- self bitterly for being there , I could not tear myself from that gaunt hierarchy of tongueless orators , patriots without blood , and kings whose insignia are colored glass ...
... seemed to be ebbing lower and lower , though I cursed my- self bitterly for being there , I could not tear myself from that gaunt hierarchy of tongueless orators , patriots without blood , and kings whose insignia are colored glass ...
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Page 283 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Page 293 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too...
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Page 291 - To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
Page 291 - IN a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them, With a sleety whistle through them; Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime.
Page 269 - Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterwards that which is spiritual.
Page 542 - Corydon would kiss her then,. She said, maids must kiss no men, Till they did for good and all ; Then she made the shepherd- call • All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth. Thus with many a pretty oath, Yea and nay, and faith and troth, Such as...
Page 205 - Cressid's name the very crown of falsehood, If ever she leave Troilus ! Time, force, and death, Do to this body what extremes you can ; But the strong base and building of my love Is as the very centre of the earth, Drawing all things to it.
Page 227 - He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone, But in the darkness and the cloud, As over Sinai's peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Altho
Page 93 - Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.