Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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Page 24
... Italian spect and regard ; they know nothing , they assassins in Alexandria ; Turkish dealers ; do nothing , they understand nothing , they think of nothing ; they are mere children , utterly foolish , ignorant , and uncompanion- able ...
... Italian spect and regard ; they know nothing , they assassins in Alexandria ; Turkish dealers ; do nothing , they understand nothing , they think of nothing ; they are mere children , utterly foolish , ignorant , and uncompanion- able ...
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... Italy , or that one counts among one's ancestors a Bishop of Senlis , who had the marshalling of the French order of battle on the day of Bouvines . Le Cayla was a solitary place , with its terrace looking down upon a stream - bed and ...
... Italy , or that one counts among one's ancestors a Bishop of Senlis , who had the marshalling of the French order of battle on the day of Bouvines . Le Cayla was a solitary place , with its terrace looking down upon a stream - bed and ...
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... Italian editors and publishers , and so much detested by book - collectors . Five more volumes of equal bulk are promised ; and we hope sincerely that this great under- taking will reach a speedy and successful con- clusion . De Rossi ...
... Italian editors and publishers , and so much detested by book - collectors . Five more volumes of equal bulk are promised ; and we hope sincerely that this great under- taking will reach a speedy and successful con- clusion . De Rossi ...
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... Italians have Rome or not , it was the confidence with which they appealed on generally thought that the great influence these two points to the convictions of their which the priests could bring to bear against countrymen . In many ...
... Italians have Rome or not , it was the confidence with which they appealed on generally thought that the great influence these two points to the convictions of their which the priests could bring to bear against countrymen . In many ...
Page 143
... Italy and England , it would task you to portray Each sweet perilous pearl of girlhood - each de- licious garden - denizen- Who is panting for a portion of the honor of the day . Be thou steadfast , fickle June ! Be thy aisles of ...
... Italy and England , it would task you to portray Each sweet perilous pearl of girlhood - each de- licious garden - denizen- Who is panting for a portion of the honor of the day . Be thou steadfast , fickle June ! Be thy aisles of ...
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Page 169 - Ecstasy ! My pulse as yours doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have uttered : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word ; which madness Would gambol from.
Page 43 - The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring. Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing. Who would have thought my...
Page 159 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 513 - There St John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 168 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 286 - I have been in the deep : in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren : in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 453 - This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would I wander about the...
Page 457 - But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world : it is there her ambition strives for empire ; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure : she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless — for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.
Page 69 - If Thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O LORD, who may abide it?
Page v - tis heard, Not a mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow. Whether for weal or woe ; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death ; Praying, — alas ! in vain ! — That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty ! This was what " freedom