The Living Age, 213. köideLiving Age Company, 1897 |
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... com- prehension of the harmless practical joke . A moment later the dog sat up and listened with an interest that grad- ually increased , until the door opened and Geoffrey Horner came room . into the " Faith 6 In Kedar's Tents .
... com- prehension of the harmless practical joke . A moment later the dog sat up and listened with an interest that grad- ually increased , until the door opened and Geoffrey Horner came room . into the " Faith 6 In Kedar's Tents .
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... interest an account of the Ches- ter - le - Street meeting , and the subse- quent attack on Sir John Pleydell's house . " Yes , " he commented ; " the usual thing . Brave words followed by a cowardly deed . What in the name of fortune ...
... interest an account of the Ches- ter - le - Street meeting , and the subse- quent attack on Sir John Pleydell's house . " Yes , " he commented ; " the usual thing . Brave words followed by a cowardly deed . What in the name of fortune ...
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... interest than this stirring narrative of successful resistance to its overthrow . If the day should ever come when , as some statesmen predict , Great Britain and Russia will join in mortal combat for its possession , one can hardly im ...
... interest than this stirring narrative of successful resistance to its overthrow . If the day should ever come when , as some statesmen predict , Great Britain and Russia will join in mortal combat for its possession , one can hardly im ...
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... interest of a remarkable and powerful character . Before the end of May , in the midst of his own efforts and preparation , he wrote to Lord Can ning to point out that the desperateness of our position might be measured by the rising ...
... interest of a remarkable and powerful character . Before the end of May , in the midst of his own efforts and preparation , he wrote to Lord Can ning to point out that the desperateness of our position might be measured by the rising ...
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... interest felt in through which it was essential that the India as an integral portion of the em- british should pass before they fully pire , will also make themselves felt as comprehended their real position in the factors of the ...
... interest felt in through which it was essential that the India as an integral portion of the em- british should pass before they fully pire , will also make themselves felt as comprehended their real position in the factors of the ...
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Page 291 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Page 301 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too...
Page 299 - 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 533 - While fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do we then shun death with anxious strife ? If light can thus deceive, wherefore not life ? — JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE.
Page 299 - 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 302 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 277 - Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterwards that which is spiritual.
Page 227 - Arise to thee; the children call, and I Thy shepherd pipe, and sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moan of doves in immemorial elms. And murmuring of innumerable bees.
Page 665 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Page 209 - 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.