Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 63James Fraser, 1861 |
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Page 26
... hope that change of scene and the diversion of his mind to other sub- jects might operate beneficially . Upon the whole , his letter is marked by good sense and good feeling in the circumstances . The overweening confidence of the young ...
... hope that change of scene and the diversion of his mind to other sub- jects might operate beneficially . Upon the whole , his letter is marked by good sense and good feeling in the circumstances . The overweening confidence of the young ...
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... when one can neither save nor kill . Yes , my good woman , your duck is lost , no , not entirely lost to you either , let us hope , for drowning cannot injure it for culi- D nary purposes , and there it will stay till the.
... when one can neither save nor kill . Yes , my good woman , your duck is lost , no , not entirely lost to you either , let us hope , for drowning cannot injure it for culi- D nary purposes , and there it will stay till the.
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... hope against hope ? Would any presence of mind at all be left in that dreadful moment ? The duck seemed to have none , and how should we keep any , whose nature boasts but a very small share of the amphibious ? Had I any , I think I ...
... hope against hope ? Would any presence of mind at all be left in that dreadful moment ? The duck seemed to have none , and how should we keep any , whose nature boasts but a very small share of the amphibious ? Had I any , I think I ...
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... hope to show , his humour is one of the most pro- minent of his faculties ; but in respect of the intermixture of his personality with what he writes . Those who think they have dis- posed of this kind of thing by call- ing it egotism ...
... hope to show , his humour is one of the most pro- minent of his faculties ; but in respect of the intermixture of his personality with what he writes . Those who think they have dis- posed of this kind of thing by call- ing it egotism ...
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... hope for human nature , then suffering mysterious eclipse , and labouring in some dread extremity . Some- where , but I know not where — somehow , but I know not how - by some beings , but I know not by whom - a battle , a strife , an ...
... hope for human nature , then suffering mysterious eclipse , and labouring in some dread extremity . Some- where , but I know not where — somehow , but I know not how - by some beings , but I know not by whom - a battle , a strife , an ...
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Page 52 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 365 - We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Page 216 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 440 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 380 - ... the free and ingenuous sort of such as evidently were born to study, and love learning for itself, not for lucre, or any other end, but the service of God and of truth, and perhaps that lasting fame and perpetuity of praise which God and good men have consented shall be the reward of those whose published labours advance the good of mankind...
Page 215 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 216 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 160 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Page 368 - MADAM, IF I interpret your letter right, you are ignominiously married ; if it is yet undone, let us once more talk together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief.
Page 217 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...