The Living Age, Volume 118E. Littell & Company, 1873 |
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... whole- sale confounding of bodily elements and products with mental ones goes much further , we shall soon have young enter- prising physiologists extending the dic- tum of Cabanis , and asserting that all the secretions of the body are ...
... whole- sale confounding of bodily elements and products with mental ones goes much further , we shall soon have young enter- prising physiologists extending the dic- tum of Cabanis , and asserting that all the secretions of the body are ...
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... whole poem is full of truth , stated in the author's eccen- tric and wayward style , a single stanza will sufficiently indicate the vital point of the contrast : On which I conclude that the early painters , To cries of " Greek art ...
... whole poem is full of truth , stated in the author's eccen- tric and wayward style , a single stanza will sufficiently indicate the vital point of the contrast : On which I conclude that the early painters , To cries of " Greek art ...
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... whole face seemed to soften and grow tender , as he turned towards Hero , who stood blushing to the roots of her hair . and Mrs. Labouchere to us . " - all days are alike sure " Thank you very much . I am you and Captain Carthew are ...
... whole face seemed to soften and grow tender , as he turned towards Hero , who stood blushing to the roots of her hair . and Mrs. Labouchere to us . " - all days are alike sure " Thank you very much . I am you and Captain Carthew are ...
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... whole scene again . Surely he had a right to feel re- bellious . Was his love never to find a resting - place ? He had been so confi- cent , so secure seeing no one whom Hero cared for , he had felt sure that she cared for no one . Who ...
... whole scene again . Surely he had a right to feel re- bellious . Was his love never to find a resting - place ? He had been so confi- cent , so secure seeing no one whom Hero cared for , he had felt sure that she cared for no one . Who ...
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... whole to help religious inquiry , and to bring the claims of the Christian Church before a certain class of minds disposed to set them aside altogether . There are passages here and there so admirably ex- pressed , and even lines of ...
... whole to help religious inquiry , and to bring the claims of the Christian Church before a certain class of minds disposed to set them aside altogether . There are passages here and there so admirably ex- pressed , and even lines of ...
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Page 519 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 316 - My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
Page 45 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 466 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 466 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - Earth and moon were gone And suns and universes ceased to be And thou wert left alone Every Existence would exist in thee...
Page 96 - After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections and support of the judgment) followeth the last fruit, which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels. I mean aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions.
Page 316 - I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it.
Page 318 - There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou — THOU art Being and Breath, And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Page 466 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.