The Living Age, Volume 107E. Littell & Company, 1870 |
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... seemed to re- main untouched by this universal reform movement . If their constitution had been previously abolished and now re - established , the event would have roused them from their torpor ; but according to the letter it had ...
... seemed to re- main untouched by this universal reform movement . If their constitution had been previously abolished and now re - established , the event would have roused them from their torpor ; but according to the letter it had ...
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... of property . But neither the Finnish nor the Baltic peasants showed any desire to participate in a system which seemed to them fatal to place . the interests at least of those who had 10 THE BALTIC PROVINCES OF RUSSIA .
... of property . But neither the Finnish nor the Baltic peasants showed any desire to participate in a system which seemed to them fatal to place . the interests at least of those who had 10 THE BALTIC PROVINCES OF RUSSIA .
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... seemed to have been made with excellent judgment and on ample security . What most unfortunately compromised them , was the wreck of those subsidiary companies they had promoted , and , on the other hand , it was the ruin of the parent ...
... seemed to have been made with excellent judgment and on ample security . What most unfortunately compromised them , was the wreck of those subsidiary companies they had promoted , and , on the other hand , it was the ruin of the parent ...
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... seemed to have buried its dead out of sight , and he shrank from wakening slumbering memory with her thou- sand stings . But there are bitter duties that are pleasures in their way , and leave - takings it would be sacrilegious to ...
... seemed to have buried its dead out of sight , and he shrank from wakening slumbering memory with her thou- sand stings . But there are bitter duties that are pleasures in their way , and leave - takings it would be sacrilegious to ...
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... seemed unnatur- ally absorbed in his , for the first time since their marriage he moved utterly unconscious of her presence , and to the jealousy of her love the first shadow of a cloud seemed settling between them . Her self - reproach ...
... seemed unnatur- ally absorbed in his , for the first time since their marriage he moved utterly unconscious of her presence , and to the jealousy of her love the first shadow of a cloud seemed settling between them . Her self - reproach ...
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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.