The Living Age, Volume 107E. Littell & Company, 1870 |
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... mind and body , Sir Basil was there to give the bride away . The quiver- ing lip and starting tear showed how keenly he felt the parting . As Lucy's eyes filled in sympathy , she would have reproached herself for her desertion , but ...
... mind and body , Sir Basil was there to give the bride away . The quiver- ing lip and starting tear showed how keenly he felt the parting . As Lucy's eyes filled in sympathy , she would have reproached herself for her desertion , but ...
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... mind flew naturally It used to be a pleasant subject , but enough back to old habits of thought , when now- the heavy pressure that had borne on it was removed . Then he was given a fresh lease of those home friendships that had stood ...
... mind flew naturally It used to be a pleasant subject , but enough back to old habits of thought , when now- the heavy pressure that had borne on it was removed . Then he was given a fresh lease of those home friendships that had stood ...
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... mind's eye as distinctly as light of midnight woods , might be some it was in reality more than twenty years part of England ; and to - morrow morning ago ! The slender figure is seated by a fire I shall see my dearest friends . " Yet ...
... mind's eye as distinctly as light of midnight woods , might be some it was in reality more than twenty years part of England ; and to - morrow morning ago ! The slender figure is seated by a fire I shall see my dearest friends . " Yet ...
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... Mind the wasps ! - three , four - mind ! -perhaps that's not all - five ! I told you so ! " " How angry they are ! " " Not more , my dear friend , than you and I would have been under similar cir- cumstances . " I had not known Miss ...
... Mind the wasps ! - three , four - mind ! -perhaps that's not all - five ! I told you so ! " " How angry they are ! " " Not more , my dear friend , than you and I would have been under similar cir- cumstances . " I had not known Miss ...
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... mind , were only to be surpassed , if that could be , by her utter simplicity and charming colloquial carelessness . Of course no single letter would display all these qualities , but it would be difficult to pro- duce half - a - dozen ...
... mind , were only to be surpassed , if that could be , by her utter simplicity and charming colloquial carelessness . Of course no single letter would display all these qualities , but it would be difficult to pro- duce half - a - dozen ...
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Page 216 - That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak But as it is, I live and die unheard, "With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Page 360 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 197 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 144 - LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on ! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.
Page 108 - And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Page 76 - Attended: all access was thronged; the gates And porches wide, but chief the spacious hall (Though like a covered field, where champions bold Wont ride in armed, and at the Soldan's chair Defied the best of Paynim chivalry To mortal combat, or career with lance) Thick swarmed, both on the ground and in the air, Brushed with the hiss of rustling wings.
Page 224 - Almighty GOD, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy Holy Name; through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Page 262 - Origen rightly judges. And the Apocalypse of St. John is the majestic image of a high and stately tragedy, shutting up and intermingling her solemn scenes and acts with a sevenfold chorus of hallelujahs and harping symphonies : and this my opinion the grave authority of Pareus, commenting that book, is sufficient to confirm.
Page 218 - And are themselves the fools to those they fool ; Envied, yet how unenviable! what stings Are theirs! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule : XLIV.
Page 349 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.