Littell's Living Age, Volume 201Living Age Company Incorporated, 1894 |
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... speak more accurately , at a sufficient distance from One passenger at least , the sun's centre , the temperature is with some down upon his chin , thought low enough to permit the carbon va- pors to return to the liquid state and he ...
... speak more accurately , at a sufficient distance from One passenger at least , the sun's centre , the temperature is with some down upon his chin , thought low enough to permit the carbon va- pors to return to the liquid state and he ...
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... speak of the summer her name called aloud . Looking round , that was past , and thought of that she scarce recognized young Willy Oli- which was to come . It was a poor fight to write about , but stern if you had seen how the knapsack ...
... speak of the summer her name called aloud . Looking round , that was past , and thought of that she scarce recognized young Willy Oli- which was to come . It was a poor fight to write about , but stern if you had seen how the knapsack ...
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... speak to Jean about about Captain Hill in that way . It hurts . " She had not crossed the threshold when her uncle was at her side . She looked down at him in surprise . He was trembling , and cried in a shaky " It's stupid , " Willy ...
... speak to Jean about about Captain Hill in that way . It hurts . " She had not crossed the threshold when her uncle was at her side . She looked down at him in surprise . He was trembling , and cried in a shaky " It's stupid , " Willy ...
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... speak birds and the bees and the young , who of the last discovery until he was sure felt sure spring in their blood , were of it . In reality he feared that her in- wiser than the grey men their fluence would be against all that it was ...
... speak birds and the bees and the young , who of the last discovery until he was sure felt sure spring in their blood , were of it . In reality he feared that her in- wiser than the grey men their fluence would be against all that it was ...
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... speak of such a grief and loss as theirs . I know , too , that their affliction is as old as time , and that there can be few who have not experienced it beyond all speaking . Therefore I will tell of such things only as cannot be ...
... speak of such a grief and loss as theirs . I know , too , that their affliction is as old as time , and that there can be few who have not experienced it beyond all speaking . Therefore I will tell of such things only as cannot be ...
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Page 161 - Of aspect more sublime : that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world. Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood. In which the affections gently lead us on...
Page 567 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 69 - ... mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 386 - On the South there is a small, but pleasant Common where the Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home to their respective habitations, when presently the Constables walk their rounds to see good orders kept, and to take up loose people.
Page 306 - Sorrow is hard to bear, and doubt is slow to clear, Each sufferer says his say, his scheme of the weal and woe: But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.
Page 495 - Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake!
Page 168 - Frate, la nostra volontà quieta Virtù di carità, che fa volerne Sol quel ch' avemo, e d
Page 490 - I am not blind to the worth of the wonderful gift of "Leaves of Grass." I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.
Page 173 - Per ch' una fansi nostre voglie stesse. Si che, come noi sem di soglia in soglia Per questo regno, a tutto il regno piace, Com...
Page 565 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happiness.