Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 31J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1883 |
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... perhaps the most noticeable , and during these the writer has resided for the most part within its limits and been personally cognizant of its history . He reflects upon the fact- and with feelings of regret , be it added that had he ...
... perhaps the most noticeable , and during these the writer has resided for the most part within its limits and been personally cognizant of its history . He reflects upon the fact- and with feelings of regret , be it added that had he ...
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... perhaps some newly - made acquaintance in flannel and corduroy , the chances are that he would find himself in an embarrassing minority . With such an introduction , we shall be surprised if he is long in acquiring a just idea of the ...
... perhaps some newly - made acquaintance in flannel and corduroy , the chances are that he would find himself in an embarrassing minority . With such an introduction , we shall be surprised if he is long in acquiring a just idea of the ...
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... Perhaps among her greatest fascinations was one which many young girls entirely lose sight of , or do not dream can be a charm , her perfect obedience to the authority of her guardian and of the persons who represented him . She left a ...
... Perhaps among her greatest fascinations was one which many young girls entirely lose sight of , or do not dream can be a charm , her perfect obedience to the authority of her guardian and of the persons who represented him . She left a ...
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... Perhaps the instinct of letting light into darkness , of making all things better than he found them , working at the foundations of his life , had been at the root of this fancy . He glanced out into the square , stood in the sun an ...
... Perhaps the instinct of letting light into darkness , of making all things better than he found them , working at the foundations of his life , had been at the root of this fancy . He glanced out into the square , stood in the sun an ...
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... Perhaps she could give music- lessons , or could teach school : something she would do where she was her own mistress . The train rumbled on , and the storm increased . Twice they had to stop and back before they could push their way ...
... Perhaps she could give music- lessons , or could teach school : something she would do where she was her own mistress . The train rumbled on , and the storm increased . Twice they had to stop and back before they could push their way ...
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Page 333 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 332 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 269 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 122 - Her lover sinks — she sheds no ill-timed tear ; Her chief is slain — she fills his fatal post ; Her fellows flee — she checks their base career ; The foe retires — she heads the sallying host : Who can appease like her a lover's ghost ? Who can avenge so well a leader's fall?
Page 476 - ... simplicity shall not be tortured by art — we will le'arn of Nature how to live she shall be our alchymist, to mingle all the good of life into one salubrious draught.— The gloomy family of care and distrust shall be banished from our dwelling ; guarded by thy kind and tutelar deity — we will sing our choral songs of gratitude, and rejoice to the end of our pilgrimage. Adieu, my L. Return to one who languishes for thy society. L. STERNE.
Page 252 - If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself.
Page 333 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded *Luke, chap. xvii, 1. him ? I trow not.
Page 383 - As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government. Great Britain, whose children we are, and whose language we speak, should no longer be our standard; for the taste of her writers is already corrupted,1 and her language on the decline.
Page 630 - I cannot tell you how wae his little gift made me, as well as glad ; it was the first thing of the kind he ever gave to me in his life. In great matters he is always kind and considerate, but these little attentions, which we women attach so much importance to, he was never in the habit of rendering to any one ; his up-bringing, and the severe turn of mind he has from nature, had alike indisposed him towards them.
Page 229 - Mr. CHAIRMAN. I am not going to take up any more of your time.