Library of the World's Best Literature: A-ZCharles Dudley Warner J.A. Hill, 1902 - Literature |
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Page 1452
... head of the Twenty - eighth and the Louisburg grena- diers , charged with bayonets , they everywhere gave way . Of the English officers , Carleton was wounded ; Barré , who fought near Wolfe , received in the head a ball which made him ...
... head of the Twenty - eighth and the Louisburg grena- diers , charged with bayonets , they everywhere gave way . Of the English officers , Carleton was wounded ; Barré , who fought near Wolfe , received in the head a ball which made him ...
Page 1453
... head in its shape perfectly round . His broad nostrils seemed formed to give expression and escape to scornful anger . His eyebrows were rayed and finely arched . His dark - blue eyes , which were deeply set , had an expression of ...
... head in its shape perfectly round . His broad nostrils seemed formed to give expression and escape to scornful anger . His eyebrows were rayed and finely arched . His dark - blue eyes , which were deeply set , had an expression of ...
Page 1456
... head of the greatest revolution in human affairs , he never failed to observe all that was possible , and at the same time to bound his aspira- tions by that which was possible . A slight tinge in his character , perceptible only to the ...
... head of the greatest revolution in human affairs , he never failed to observe all that was possible , and at the same time to bound his aspira- tions by that which was possible . A slight tinge in his character , perceptible only to the ...
Page 1463
... head , who instantly ran off , jumping sideways , and yelping as loud as if some bodily injury had really visited him- " Yes , an ' now you begin to yowl , like your masther , for nothing at all , only because a body axes you to stir ...
... head , who instantly ran off , jumping sideways , and yelping as loud as if some bodily injury had really visited him- " Yes , an ' now you begin to yowl , like your masther , for nothing at all , only because a body axes you to stir ...
Page 1468
... head like a cursed animal o ' the yearth , and starting if a bird only hopped nigh me : but I cannot go on living on this tack no longer ; that's it ; and the least I can say to you , Harry , my hearty . " " What caused your quarrel ...
... head like a cursed animal o ' the yearth , and starting if a bird only hopped nigh me : but I cannot go on living on this tack no longer ; that's it ; and the least I can say to you , Harry , my hearty . " " What caused your quarrel ...
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Popular passages
Page 1778 - NATURE has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 1778 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
Page 1895 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 1832 - BRIEF life is here our portion ; Brief sorrow, shortlived care ; The life that knows no ending, The tearless life, is there.
Page 1683 - Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose On this afflicted prince. Fall like a cloud In gentle showers: give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers: easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain: Into this prince, gently, oh gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers, like a bride.
Page 1832 - With milk and honey blest ; Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice opprest. I know not, oh ! I know not What joys await us there ; What radiancy of glory, "What bliss beyond compare.
Page 1832 - For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest.
Page 1903 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 1742 - What benefits do they that are effectually called, partake of in this life ? A. They that are effectually called, do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.
Page 1450 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.