Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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... hand to hand , and were read instead of Punch and Mr. Darwin , were indeed " a good time , " as the American ladies call it , for the fair enchantresses who , strong in the charms of youth , had only to " come forth " to insure ...
... hand to hand , and were read instead of Punch and Mr. Darwin , were indeed " a good time , " as the American ladies call it , for the fair enchantresses who , strong in the charms of youth , had only to " come forth " to insure ...
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... hand , that , in general matters of history , opium- eaters are not necessarily inventive , but may be extraordinarily exact and accurate . II . Speculative writings , or writings addressed to the purely rational faculty . A large ...
... hand , that , in general matters of history , opium- eaters are not necessarily inventive , but may be extraordinarily exact and accurate . II . Speculative writings , or writings addressed to the purely rational faculty . A large ...
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... hands of those who are impudent enough to which any one of them has been the object dun them , have long been the subject ... hand a candle to her mother , without a suspicion that those ma- ternal eyes are already glancing at him that ...
... hands of those who are impudent enough to which any one of them has been the object dun them , have long been the subject ... hand a candle to her mother , without a suspicion that those ma- ternal eyes are already glancing at him that ...
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... hand that does great credit son of the late Selim Pacha Titurigi ; and his to the artist . There the hot - headed little tutor gives him a week's holiday to get mar- horses , dirty lazy fellahs , fat prize - pig - like ried in . The ...
... hand that does great credit son of the late Selim Pacha Titurigi ; and his to the artist . There the hot - headed little tutor gives him a week's holiday to get mar- horses , dirty lazy fellahs , fat prize - pig - like ried in . The ...
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... hand shook so when she took my pencil that she was obliged to leave off . " " Oh , she is unwell , no doubt , though she will not own it ; she never does allow that she is ill . She was not well last night , for after she had dressed ...
... hand shook so when she took my pencil that she was obliged to leave off . " " Oh , she is unwell , no doubt , though she will not own it ; she never does allow that she is ill . She was not well last night , for after she had dressed ...
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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