Chesson & Woodhall's Miscellany, Part 132, Volume 1Chesson & Woodhall, 1861 |
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... Possessed of a Devil X. About the Philosophy of Dreams , & c . Russell's Diary in India , Review of .. Seeds and Trees , Hints for the Treatment of .. Soldiers , our .. Solar Eclipse , the last Total Southern Cross , the Species ...
... Possessed of a Devil X. About the Philosophy of Dreams , & c . Russell's Diary in India , Review of .. Seeds and Trees , Hints for the Treatment of .. Soldiers , our .. Solar Eclipse , the last Total Southern Cross , the Species ...
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... possessed of mental acquirements which he had not . Let no one of us , and especially no young person , expect that he can be negligent of mental culture , and not suffer for it at some future day . But this is a selfish motive to urge ...
... possessed of mental acquirements which he had not . Let no one of us , and especially no young person , expect that he can be negligent of mental culture , and not suffer for it at some future day . But this is a selfish motive to urge ...
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... possessing nume- rous historical associations . Many others , besides these , I am obliged to refrain from noticing , for want of time ; but those I have briefly described may be considered good spe- cimens of their respective kinds ...
... possessing nume- rous historical associations . Many others , besides these , I am obliged to refrain from noticing , for want of time ; but those I have briefly described may be considered good spe- cimens of their respective kinds ...
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... possessed themselves of these places . The esca- lade by night of Singhur by Tannaji Maloosre and his son , with 1000 Ma- wullees from Torna , is a known in- stance of early Mahratta courage . It is given by Grant Duff , and has been ...
... possessed themselves of these places . The esca- lade by night of Singhur by Tannaji Maloosre and his son , with 1000 Ma- wullees from Torna , is a known in- stance of early Mahratta courage . It is given by Grant Duff , and has been ...
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... possessed ; and one loves the giant crags , and rude and crumbling fortifi- cations , none the less , because they have been distanced in the race , and are now decidedly behind the age , and because they stand amid their highland ...
... possessed ; and one loves the giant crags , and rude and crumbling fortifi- cations , none the less , because they have been distanced in the race , and are now decidedly behind the age , and because they stand amid their highland ...
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Page 381 - Though the day of my destiny's over, , And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It never hath found but in thee.
Page 28 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Page 381 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.
Page 312 - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Page 373 - All his excellences, like those of Nature herself, are thrown out together ; and, instead of interfering with, support and recommend each other. His flowers are not tied up in garlands, nor his fruits crushed into baskets — but spring living from the soil, in all the dew and freshness of youth...
Page 392 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 392 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 408 - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
Page 119 - ... a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished...
Page 178 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...