Chesson & Woodhall's Miscellany, Part 132, Volume 1Chesson & Woodhall, 1861 |
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... young and likely colt- To time him would be felony : We're content to take our chance , And back the new Miscellany . " 13 . 66 Now all are off together , - Round the course they spin : If we are not mistaken , " Miscellany " will win ...
... young and likely colt- To time him would be felony : We're content to take our chance , And back the new Miscellany . " 13 . 66 Now all are off together , - Round the course they spin : If we are not mistaken , " Miscellany " will win ...
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... young per- sons , are greatly attracted by books of travel ; and a most engaging study this is , particularly in a day when our litera- ture is so rich in contributions of this kind . But see to what it leads . If any one would read ...
... young per- sons , are greatly attracted by books of travel ; and a most engaging study this is , particularly in a day when our litera- ture is so rich in contributions of this kind . But see to what it leads . If any one would read ...
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... young man will but earnestly begin such a course of intellectual improve- ment as has now been suggested , —if he will but give to it steadily one hour a day , he will find before long that his mental condition is changing . He will ...
... young man will but earnestly begin such a course of intellectual improve- ment as has now been suggested , —if he will but give to it steadily one hour a day , he will find before long that his mental condition is changing . He will ...
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... young officer desirous of obtaining an insight into the character of the country ; and if he will take a bamboo scaling - ladder with him , he may do what I could not , and describe to us , in a lecture next rains , the details of the ...
... young officer desirous of obtaining an insight into the character of the country ; and if he will take a bamboo scaling - ladder with him , he may do what I could not , and describe to us , in a lecture next rains , the details of the ...
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... young heart with hatred of the Mussulman Empire which oppressed his country . That great and gorgeous empire was even then falling to pieces , from its unwieldy size ; and his own indomitable spirit , more than any other external cause ...
... young heart with hatred of the Mussulman Empire which oppressed his country . That great and gorgeous empire was even then falling to pieces , from its unwieldy size ; and his own indomitable spirit , more than any other external cause ...
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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...