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... idea has got abroad this rapid age ; and yet Buffon's definition , I warrant , is not far from truth . No Preface ought to contain more than two short paragraphs . Was it worth while penning thus much in order to say ( with all humility ) ...
... idea has got abroad this rapid age ; and yet Buffon's definition , I warrant , is not far from truth . No Preface ought to contain more than two short paragraphs . Was it worth while penning thus much in order to say ( with all humility ) ...
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... idea of the Temple conjures up dark , dismal , damp , tumble down tenements , par- taking of the baneful characteristics of the class who inhabit them ; and whom the afore- said world has also chosen , in its supreme will , to paint as ...
... idea of the Temple conjures up dark , dismal , damp , tumble down tenements , par- taking of the baneful characteristics of the class who inhabit them ; and whom the afore- said world has also chosen , in its supreme will , to paint as ...
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Alfred Austin. Yet , most discriminate reader , the idea is purely fanciful . I , who write this contradic- tion to it , know the Temple as well as you know the hearth before which , every even- tide , you sit ; and , moreover , I am not ...
Alfred Austin. Yet , most discriminate reader , the idea is purely fanciful . I , who write this contradic- tion to it , know the Temple as well as you know the hearth before which , every even- tide , you sit ; and , moreover , I am not ...
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... paniers were formerly wicked benchers , who have now been transmogrified and condemned for their sins to wait on law- students . " " I think it's a plausible idea , " said • Cooper ; " and , moreover , it reminds me FIVE YEARS OF IT . 31.
... paniers were formerly wicked benchers , who have now been transmogrified and condemned for their sins to wait on law- students . " " I think it's a plausible idea , " said • Cooper ; " and , moreover , it reminds me FIVE YEARS OF IT . 31.
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... idea of the intended visit ; he had a presentiment that misfortune would arise . out of it , though of what kind , or how , he was at a loss to conjecture . He was not too proud to see - perhaps his very pride helped his insight in this ...
... idea of the intended visit ; he had a presentiment that misfortune would arise . out of it , though of what kind , or how , he was at a loss to conjecture . He was not too proud to see - perhaps his very pride helped his insight in this ...
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Page 57 - SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land...
Page 190 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the Palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till Ages are its dower.
Page 14 - We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions, and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
Page 132 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 86 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 211 - Tender, purest maidenhood, harbouring chaste thoughts with jealous care, that, a moment ago, would have loosed the hand which was too freely pressed, trembles not, starts not, shrinks not from — nay, rushes to divide — the passionate embrace and the wildest kiss.