Littell's Living Age, Volume 175Living Age Company Incorporated, 1887 - American periodicals |
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... true worth is seri- ously impaired by the danger which is threatening almost to destroy the very conception of biography . For surely in writing a man's life , as in painting a man's portrait , the skill of omission is essential to the ...
... true worth is seri- ously impaired by the danger which is threatening almost to destroy the very conception of biography . For surely in writing a man's life , as in painting a man's portrait , the skill of omission is essential to the ...
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... true that when once they have at- tained to a sufficient discernment of their powers and their tasks , the less they hear of praise the better they will do their work . The resolutions that tell upon the course of history are formed and ...
... true that when once they have at- tained to a sufficient discernment of their powers and their tasks , the less they hear of praise the better they will do their work . The resolutions that tell upon the course of history are formed and ...
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... true meaning of Holy Scripture unless he understood Greek . Not so thought the General Chapter of 1543 , in which these ambitious religious received a serious rebuke . " These men , " it said , " forget the holy simplicity suitable to ...
... true meaning of Holy Scripture unless he understood Greek . Not so thought the General Chapter of 1543 , in which these ambitious religious received a serious rebuke . " These men , " it said , " forget the holy simplicity suitable to ...
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... true is it that the results of observation depend chiefly upon the ob- server . Moreover , the complete novelty of everything was in itself enough to sat- isfy a man who had never been out of England before , while the amusements ...
... true is it that the results of observation depend chiefly upon the ob- server . Moreover , the complete novelty of everything was in itself enough to sat- isfy a man who had never been out of England before , while the amusements ...
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... True it was that there were no grounds for accusing her of having flirted with Stapleford merely to amuse herself . What- ever she might be , she was not a flirt ; and besides , it had been abundantly evi- dent of late that Stapleford's ...
... True it was that there were no grounds for accusing her of having flirted with Stapleford merely to amuse herself . What- ever she might be , she was not a flirt ; and besides , it had been abundantly evi- dent of late that Stapleford's ...
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Popular passages
Page 288 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard-lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 297 - This view, most popular at the end of the last and the beginning of this century and coinciding with the golden age of natural sciences, found its strongest support among biologists.
Page 287 - Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love!
Page 463 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom...
Page 262 - Tous les grands divertissements sont dangereux pour la vie chrétienne ; mais entre tous ceux que le monde a inventés, il n'y en a point qui soit plus à craindre que la comédie. C'est une représentation si naturelle et si délicate des passions, qu'elle les émeut et les fait naître dans notre cœur, et surtout celle de l'amour, principalement lorsqu'on le représente fort chaste et fort honnête.
Page 287 - Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone...
Page 281 - GREAT spirits now on earth are sojourning ; He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake, Who on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake, Catches his freshness from Archangel's wing : He of the rose, the violet, the spring, The social smile, the chain for Freedom's sake : And lo!
Page 281 - An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink. Nor do we merely feel these essences For one short hour ; no, even as the trees That whisper round a temple become soon Dear as the temple's self, so does the moon, The passion poesy, glories infinite, Haunt us till they become a cheering light Unto our souls, and bound to us so fast, That, whether there be shine or gloom o'ercast, They always must be with us or we die.
Page 91 - Be Yarrow Stream unseen, unknown ! It must, or we shall rue it : We have a vision of our own ; Ah I why should we undo it ? The treasured dreams of times long past, We'll keep them, winsome Marrow ! For when we're there, although 'tis fair, 'Twill be another Yarrow.
Page 56 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly ; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.