The Literary World, 26. köideJames Clarke & Company, 1882 |
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... contains scarcely a line which might not have been written by the meerest tyro in fiction . The author tells us , indeed , in his preface , that he has aimed at preaching " the creed of Purity , " as in " The Shadow of the Sword " he ...
... contains scarcely a line which might not have been written by the meerest tyro in fiction . The author tells us , indeed , in his preface , that he has aimed at preaching " the creed of Purity , " as in " The Shadow of the Sword " he ...
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... contains in itself the elements of a eternal death and no pain , and of deliber- suffering learned the blessed arts of sym- practical Christian sympathy with those ately preferring the pain ; in other words , pathy and helpfulness . It ...
... contains in itself the elements of a eternal death and no pain , and of deliber- suffering learned the blessed arts of sym- practical Christian sympathy with those ately preferring the pain ; in other words , pathy and helpfulness . It ...
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... contains an unknown portrait of John Milton , copied from a portrait purchased at a sale in the City some twenty years ago . The facts which are ascertained concerning it are stated in the article which accompanies it , from the pen of ...
... contains an unknown portrait of John Milton , copied from a portrait purchased at a sale in the City some twenty years ago . The facts which are ascertained concerning it are stated in the article which accompanies it , from the pen of ...
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... contains portraits of Douglas Jerrold and Dr. John Doran . The Truth - seeker will be acceptable to those who cannot ... contain about two hundred illustrations by eminent artists . Those in this first part are admirable . We hail the re ...
... contains portraits of Douglas Jerrold and Dr. John Doran . The Truth - seeker will be acceptable to those who cannot ... contain about two hundred illustrations by eminent artists . Those in this first part are admirable . We hail the re ...
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... contains all of Longfellow's unprinted poems that will be given to the public , save two sonnets reserved for his biography , and " Michael Angelo , " a dramatic poem , which will be published later . This little volume contains " The ...
... contains all of Longfellow's unprinted poems that will be given to the public , save two sonnets reserved for his biography , and " Michael Angelo , " a dramatic poem , which will be published later . This little volume contains " The ...
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Page 23 - The hour is coming when all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done etil, to the resurrection of damnation.
Page 218 - If we were to look over the whole world to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow— in some parts a very paradise on earth— I should point to India.
Page 199 - I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
Page 101 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual. Restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Page 218 - And if I were to ask myself from what literature we, here in Europe, we who have been nurtured almost exclusively on the thoughts of Greeks and Romans, and of one Semitic race, the Jewish, may draw that corrective which is most wanted in order to make our inner life more perfect, more comprehensive, more universal, in fact more truly human, a life, not for this life only, but a transfigured and eternal life — again I should point to India.
Page 186 - I have never had her ring off my finger by day or night, except for an instant at a time, to wash my hands, since she died. I have never had her sweetness and excellence absent from my mind so long. I can solemnly say that, waking or sleeping, I have never lost the recollection of our hard trial and sorrow, and I feel that I never shall.
Page 66 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
Page 256 - The WIFE'S MANUAL: or. Prayers, Thoughts, and Songs on Several Occasions of a Matron's Life.
Page 57 - Sir (addressing himself to the Speaker), I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it...
Page 156 - Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd, and the Rome of freemen holds her place, I, from out the Northern Island sunder'd once from all the human race, I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.