Littell's Living Age, Volume 168Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1886 - Literature |
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... true . There is , there has been , a poetry of romance of which the corruption is found in the wanton conceits of Donne and Crashaw . There is , there has been , a poetry of manners and morals , of which the corruption is didactic prosi ...
... true . There is , there has been , a poetry of romance of which the corruption is found in the wanton conceits of Donne and Crashaw . There is , there has been , a poetry of manners and morals , of which the corruption is didactic prosi ...
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... true the old man's fortune had been greatly reduced by late events and by the ex penses of his establishment , but his houses were standing still , his machinery and his workshops were still there most of the workmen had clung to the ...
... true the old man's fortune had been greatly reduced by late events and by the ex penses of his establishment , but his houses were standing still , his machinery and his workshops were still there most of the workmen had clung to the ...
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... true ? " " It is not true , " he said ; " they are not here , and have never been here . " This was the promising way in which our interview began . It lasted for more than two hours . At the expiration of that time , I had , as the ...
... true ? " " It is not true , " he said ; " they are not here , and have never been here . " This was the promising way in which our interview began . It lasted for more than two hours . At the expiration of that time , I had , as the ...
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... true life , " she said . He gave a little laugh , in which there was a tinge of embarrassment . " From your experience , " he said , “ tell me : would you ever advise , Frances , a marriage be- tween a girl like you mind you , a good ...
... true life , " she said . He gave a little laugh , in which there was a tinge of embarrassment . " From your experience , " he said , “ tell me : would you ever advise , Frances , a marriage be- tween a girl like you mind you , a good ...
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... true that Russia is marching on Constantinople ? " The answer would probably be , “ Sir , her Maj- esty's government has no certain knowl- edge of the fact , and at present it is not thought advisable to inform the House of any ...
... true that Russia is marching on Constantinople ? " The answer would probably be , “ Sir , her Maj- esty's government has no certain knowl- edge of the fact , and at present it is not thought advisable to inform the House of any ...
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Page 132 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 245 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 228 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 458 - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
Page 229 - The beauty of the morning; — silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Page 229 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 136 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie ; His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 520 - And underneath our heavy eyelids drooping The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring Through the coal-dark, underground; Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round.
Page 140 - Wild wind ! I seek a warmer sky, And I will see before I die The palms and temples of the South.
Page 231 - Is the night chilly and dark ? The night is chilly, but not dark. The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full ; And yet she looks both small and dull. The night is chill, the cloud is gray : Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way.