Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
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... writer , however , is evi- ance when brought into the light of prophecy . dently a man of intelligence and cultivation , " He was courteous to all , conciliatory to his accustomed to political life , of mature years personal enemies ...
... writer , however , is evi- ance when brought into the light of prophecy . dently a man of intelligence and cultivation , " He was courteous to all , conciliatory to his accustomed to political life , of mature years personal enemies ...
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... writing tables . If he cannot make his escape to a place of security , he throws himself upon the defensive by making hard love to the nearest married lady , or by taking a sudden but absorbing interest in the agricultural prospects of ...
... writing tables . If he cannot make his escape to a place of security , he throws himself upon the defensive by making hard love to the nearest married lady , or by taking a sudden but absorbing interest in the agricultural prospects of ...
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... writers , and what is of more importance , celebrated orators , against whom , in debate , the speaking ministers of the Government will not have the least chance of success . Nearly a fourth of the Opposi- tion members have been ...
... writers , and what is of more importance , celebrated orators , against whom , in debate , the speaking ministers of the Government will not have the least chance of success . Nearly a fourth of the Opposi- tion members have been ...
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... writing Latin polemics , or indecent songs , or unbending with his favorites , he was gloating over the revelations made by the miserable , distracted creatures — in great part the result of insidious questions put to them by their ...
... writing Latin polemics , or indecent songs , or unbending with his favorites , he was gloating over the revelations made by the miserable , distracted creatures — in great part the result of insidious questions put to them by their ...
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... writing . While lamenting the hard treat- ment experienced by the accused , we must take into account the general disregard of life which distinguished the witch period , and that many , very many , of those burned , de- served hanging ...
... writing . While lamenting the hard treat- ment experienced by the accused , we must take into account the general disregard of life which distinguished the witch period , and that many , very many , of those burned , de- served hanging ...
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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