Macmillan's Magazine, 44. köideMacmillan and Company, 1881 |
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... taken by sur- prise . Papa left directions for every- thing . I go to bed very early . When the sun goes off that side I go into the garden . Papa left strict orders that I was not to get scorched . I always enjoy the view ; the moun ...
... taken by sur- prise . Papa left directions for every- thing . I go to bed very early . When the sun goes off that side I go into the garden . Papa left strict orders that I was not to get scorched . I always enjoy the view ; the moun ...
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... taken a passionate pleasure in talk- ing about Gilbert Osmond to this inno- cent , diminutive creature who was near to him . But she said not another word ; she only kissed Pansy once more . They went together through the ves- tibule ...
... taken a passionate pleasure in talk- ing about Gilbert Osmond to this inno- cent , diminutive creature who was near to him . But she said not another word ; she only kissed Pansy once more . They went together through the ves- tibule ...
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... taken more satis- faction in Isabel's accession of fortune than if the money had been left to herself ; it had seemed to her to offer just the proper setting for her sister's slender but eminent figure . Isabel had developed less ...
... taken more satis- faction in Isabel's accession of fortune than if the money had been left to herself ; it had seemed to her to offer just the proper setting for her sister's slender but eminent figure . Isabel had developed less ...
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... taken another tone ; he always took the opposite one . You could criticise any marriage ; it was of the essence of a marriage to be open to criticism . How well she her- self , if she would only give her mind to it , might criticise ...
... taken another tone ; he always took the opposite one . You could criticise any marriage ; it was of the essence of a marriage to be open to criticism . How well she her- self , if she would only give her mind to it , might criticise ...
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... taken the crude form of wishing for a dull wife ; this lady's intelligence was to be a silver plate , not an earthen one - a plate that he might heap up with ripe fruits , to which it would give a deco- rative value , so that ...
... taken the crude form of wishing for a dull wife ; this lady's intelligence was to be a silver plate , not an earthen one - a plate that he might heap up with ripe fruits , to which it would give a deco- rative value , so that ...
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Page 284 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 269 - This spiritual Love acts not nor can exist Without Imagination, which, in truth, Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And Reason in her most exalted mood.
Page 284 - IT is certain by God's word, that children which are baptized, dying before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved.
Page 269 - But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole ; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child.
Page 110 - Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature ; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.
Page 289 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews : 3 Especially, because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Page 166 - The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind! Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose.
Page 41 - DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my Lord : Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are...
Page 213 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 42 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How 'dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! As tho