The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... force ; which has proclaimed , and in many great particulars enforced , the canon of mutual love ; which has opened from within sources of strength for poverty and weakness , and put a bit in the mouth and a bridle on the neck of pride ...
... force ; which has proclaimed , and in many great particulars enforced , the canon of mutual love ; which has opened from within sources of strength for poverty and weakness , and put a bit in the mouth and a bridle on the neck of pride ...
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... force either social or moral , yet supplying a portion of the grandeur required by the splendid and elaborate art - life of the people , and perhaps still partially serving the purpose of the legislator , by imposing the restraint of ...
... force either social or moral , yet supplying a portion of the grandeur required by the splendid and elaborate art - life of the people , and perhaps still partially serving the purpose of the legislator , by imposing the restraint of ...
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... force which compelled respect for the classical rules had passed away the mere force of tradition should have availed to keep it alive . One would think that the French quickness of perception would have seen that to transplant the ...
... force which compelled respect for the classical rules had passed away the mere force of tradition should have availed to keep it alive . One would think that the French quickness of perception would have seen that to transplant the ...
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... force . The actress has not only , as in the romantic drama , to impress the audience with a belief in a passion and a circumstance , which , however extravagant , is yet conceivable . She has to carry them with her into an impossible ...
... force . The actress has not only , as in the romantic drama , to impress the audience with a belief in a passion and a circumstance , which , however extravagant , is yet conceivable . She has to carry them with her into an impossible ...
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... as M. Hugo's - Alfred de Musset . His genius is less comprehensive , but it is as penetrating . In his plays , which he calls comedies , he has the art of concentrating a singular tragic force 72 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.
... as M. Hugo's - Alfred de Musset . His genius is less comprehensive , but it is as penetrating . In his plays , which he calls comedies , he has the art of concentrating a singular tragic force 72 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.
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Page 911 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Page 741 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 225 - Verily I say unto you. Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Page 225 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 925 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
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