Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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Page 32
... brought no letter ; but with a pervading expectation of she scarce knew what , with a flushed cheek , and hot hands , she went through the little businesses of the day , looked over the household linen with her mother , made the coffee ...
... brought no letter ; but with a pervading expectation of she scarce knew what , with a flushed cheek , and hot hands , she went through the little businesses of the day , looked over the household linen with her mother , made the coffee ...
Page 39
... brought out a hunch , and was about to cut it in two . That wont do , ' said I , ' your hunch is twice as big as mine was ; cut it here . ' ' No , ' said he , you gave me half yours , you must take half mine . ' We dis- puted for some ...
... brought out a hunch , and was about to cut it in two . That wont do , ' said I , ' your hunch is twice as big as mine was ; cut it here . ' ' No , ' said he , you gave me half yours , you must take half mine . ' We dis- puted for some ...
Page 40
... brought work and wages and security . Parisians , too , love Paris as Athenians once loved Athens , and feel a just pride in every improvement which seems to justify her claim to be called the metropolis of civilization . It is from no ...
... brought work and wages and security . Parisians , too , love Paris as Athenians once loved Athens , and feel a just pride in every improvement which seems to justify her claim to be called the metropolis of civilization . It is from no ...
Page 46
... brought before them , they thought it only a necessary and natural consequence that they might also disapprove , and give free expression to their views , showing the grounds upon which they differed in opinion from the Administration ...
... brought before them , they thought it only a necessary and natural consequence that they might also disapprove , and give free expression to their views , showing the grounds upon which they differed in opinion from the Administration ...
Page 62
... brought to trial by her family for the al- leged crime of having bewitched her , but was hon- orably acquitted . His apology on this occasion was a favorite with succeeding scholars . His " Golden Ass " is a curious specimen of early ...
... brought to trial by her family for the al- leged crime of having bewitched her , but was hon- orably acquitted . His apology on this occasion was a favorite with succeeding scholars . His " Golden Ass " is a curious specimen of early ...
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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