Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 4Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Mrs. Lucia Isabella (Gilbert) Runkle, George Henry Warner J. A. Hill, 1902 - Literature |
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Page 1438
... matter of paper money , and to the meaning of the clause prohibiting the States from impairing the obligation of contracts . He devotes nearly one hundred pages to ' The People of the States in Judgment on the Constitution , ' and ...
... matter of paper money , and to the meaning of the clause prohibiting the States from impairing the obligation of contracts . He devotes nearly one hundred pages to ' The People of the States in Judgment on the Constitution , ' and ...
Page 1465
... matter wid you , at - all at - all ? » They're in the kitchen , " he whispered . " Well , an ' what will they take ? " - " I spoke never a word to them , Cauth , nor they to me ; - -I couldn't - an ' I won't , for a duke's ransom : I ...
... matter wid you , at - all at - all ? » They're in the kitchen , " he whispered . " Well , an ' what will they take ? " - " I spoke never a word to them , Cauth , nor they to me ; - -I couldn't - an ' I won't , for a duke's ransom : I ...
Page 1467
... matters simultaneously . Evening drew on when they again met in the pass : and the first , who had gone for the coroner , returned with him , a distance of near twenty miles ; but the second party did not prove so success- ful . In fact ...
... matters simultaneously . Evening drew on when they again met in the pass : and the first , who had gone for the coroner , returned with him , a distance of near twenty miles ; but the second party did not prove so success- ful . In fact ...
Page 1469
... matter , ' says Harry again , ' but after what you chawed about , I don't like your com- pany any farther , till we fall in again at the next village . ' ' What , Harry , ' I cries , laughing heartier than ever , ' are you afeard of ...
... matter , ' says Harry again , ' but after what you chawed about , I don't like your com- pany any farther , till we fall in again at the next village . ' ' What , Harry , ' I cries , laughing heartier than ever , ' are you afeard of ...
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... matter , will acquire a certain modera- tion and equity in his claims upon Providence . He never will be disappointed either in himself or others . He will act with precision ; and expect that effect and that alone , from his efforts ...
... matter , will acquire a certain modera- tion and equity in his claims upon Providence . He never will be disappointed either in himself or others . He will act with precision ; and expect that effect and that alone , from his efforts ...
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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.