Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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Page 85
... kind . " What should I do without you ? " sighed she as they returned homewards across the Close . " Oh , what should I do without you ? " " It appears to me that you would still rather have kept your secret to yourself , " was Isabel's ...
... kind . " What should I do without you ? " sighed she as they returned homewards across the Close . " Oh , what should I do without you ? " " It appears to me that you would still rather have kept your secret to yourself , " was Isabel's ...
Page 90
... kind to her ; I observed that you liked to be near her , listening to her songs and her prattle . " ride over to Hillminster , and consult Jessie ; sole comment , as she came to the conclusion , I must prevail on her to undertake it . I ...
... kind to her ; I observed that you liked to be near her , listening to her songs and her prattle . " ride over to Hillminster , and consult Jessie ; sole comment , as she came to the conclusion , I must prevail on her to undertake it . I ...
Page 95
... kind my Jesus is to me ! " He comforts and he succors me ; He teaches me to look above , Beyond this life and its rough sea , To yonder land of rest and love . " He hushes all my passions still , He makes the storm become a calm ...
... kind my Jesus is to me ! " He comforts and he succors me ; He teaches me to look above , Beyond this life and its rough sea , To yonder land of rest and love . " He hushes all my passions still , He makes the storm become a calm ...
Page 100
... kind of repugnant to him . He feels that it is as yet parasitic tree , very common near Para , which the inheritance only of arboreal man- the monkey . Another class of philosophers , like Buckle , have assigned the exceeding luxuriance ...
... kind of repugnant to him . He feels that it is as yet parasitic tree , very common near Para , which the inheritance only of arboreal man- the monkey . Another class of philosophers , like Buckle , have assigned the exceeding luxuriance ...
Page 104
... kind of uran - utan , being covered with long der the trees . Towards evening life revives shaggy hair , and living in trees . At others again , and the ringing uproar is resumed he is said to have cloven feet , and a bright from bush ...
... kind of uran - utan , being covered with long der the trees . Towards evening life revives shaggy hair , and living in trees . At others again , and the ringing uproar is resumed he is said to have cloven feet , and a bright from bush ...
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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