Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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... supposed to rejoin in an- swer ) and if it were really his , the doctor would have had the best of it ) , — " Whether gentlemen scribblers or poets in jail ; Your impertinent wishes shall certainly fail ; I'll take neither essence , nor ...
... supposed to rejoin in an- swer ) and if it were really his , the doctor would have had the best of it ) , — " Whether gentlemen scribblers or poets in jail ; Your impertinent wishes shall certainly fail ; I'll take neither essence , nor ...
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... supposed the translation was , " The receiver is as bad as the thief . " The Duke of Marlborough with his wavering allegiance , his penurious habits , and his uxorious fondness for his termagant Sarah , came in for a large share of this ...
... supposed the translation was , " The receiver is as bad as the thief . " The Duke of Marlborough with his wavering allegiance , his penurious habits , and his uxorious fondness for his termagant Sarah , came in for a large share of this ...
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... supposed that the English court acts without a settled purpose , or without reasons entitled to considerable weight . The court clings , at the cost of all this inconvenience , to old customs , because they are linked with something ...
... supposed that the English court acts without a settled purpose , or without reasons entitled to considerable weight . The court clings , at the cost of all this inconvenience , to old customs , because they are linked with something ...
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... supposed to have be- haved infamously . He has not resumed , however , the unsuspecting gaiety of youth . He has acquired a precautionary habit of sheering off at the approach of a young lady , to which he probably adheres . He has also ...
... supposed to have be- haved infamously . He has not resumed , however , the unsuspecting gaiety of youth . He has acquired a precautionary habit of sheering off at the approach of a young lady , to which he probably adheres . He has also ...
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... supposed to feed a second branch of the White Nile . He will be lost to us for a year ; though the public need not doubt that he will , in due time , turn up again . Lower down the stream they fell in with Consul Petherick and his ...
... supposed to feed a second branch of the White Nile . He will be lost to us for a year ; though the public need not doubt that he will , in due time , turn up again . Lower down the stream they fell in with Consul Petherick and his ...
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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