Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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... strange life was De Quincey's ! A dream rather than a life , a passive flitting to and fro , almost a disembodied existence , un- bound , unregulated by any of the ties and punctualities that bind and regulate ordinary lives ! The end ...
... strange life was De Quincey's ! A dream rather than a life , a passive flitting to and fro , almost a disembodied existence , un- bound , unregulated by any of the ties and punctualities that bind and regulate ordinary lives ! The end ...
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... strange sight last Satur- have them . The gay clothing , the blazing day . It saw carriage after carriage of ladies , jewelry , the personal grace of Orientals old and young , in the brightest and gayest would be eclipsed by the ...
... strange sight last Satur- have them . The gay clothing , the blazing day . It saw carriage after carriage of ladies , jewelry , the personal grace of Orientals old and young , in the brightest and gayest would be eclipsed by the ...
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... strange to say , on her chin , and on either check , diamonds were stuck in little clusters - I suppose with some paste or gum . " For an hour and a half the poor bride sits to be stared at , taking no notice of any one . Afterwards ...
... strange to say , on her chin , and on either check , diamonds were stuck in little clusters - I suppose with some paste or gum . " For an hour and a half the poor bride sits to be stared at , taking no notice of any one . Afterwards ...
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... strange semi - rural look about the quarter , and the very nightingale comes still to sing on the trees of the Boulevards ; I heard him once with my own incredulous ears . Now , although an omnibus leads straight down from this clerical ...
... strange semi - rural look about the quarter , and the very nightingale comes still to sing on the trees of the Boulevards ; I heard him once with my own incredulous ears . Now , although an omnibus leads straight down from this clerical ...
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... strange sight is seen of three different levels of street side by side , - each official and compulsory in its time , but as ugly and inconvenient as they might be dangerous in their present juxtaposition . One might also say that an ...
... strange sight is seen of three different levels of street side by side , - each official and compulsory in its time , but as ugly and inconvenient as they might be dangerous in their present juxtaposition . One might also say that an ...
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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