Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 63James Fraser, 1861 |
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Page 49
... strong mind reel , and many a strong body faint , after danger . No one ever faints during danger , except from the accident of concomitant pain ; the mind is a great deal better occupied . But I don't mind con- fessing now , that about ...
... strong mind reel , and many a strong body faint , after danger . No one ever faints during danger , except from the accident of concomitant pain ; the mind is a great deal better occupied . But I don't mind con- fessing now , that about ...
Page 50
... strong tendency to reverse the relative positions of skate and foot , to their mutual disadvantage . It was dusk when we left the pool , and it is quite dark now ; and here come home all the rest , hurrying in from a snow - storm which ...
... strong tendency to reverse the relative positions of skate and foot , to their mutual disadvantage . It was dusk when we left the pool , and it is quite dark now ; and here come home all the rest , hurrying in from a snow - storm which ...
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... strong within him ; the desire of fame and popu- larity unites with the inward sug- gestion to give it life and concrete form . He writes history from a wish to complete the knowledge of mankind , or rectify party errors , or because he ...
... strong within him ; the desire of fame and popu- larity unites with the inward sug- gestion to give it life and concrete form . He writes history from a wish to complete the knowledge of mankind , or rectify party errors , or because he ...
Page 57
... strong stuff -that some have experienced in- tensities of misery and of happiness in dreams to which their waking moments can afford no parallel . The highest elevation of feeling which earthly affections can impart -the most refined ...
... strong stuff -that some have experienced in- tensities of misery and of happiness in dreams to which their waking moments can afford no parallel . The highest elevation of feeling which earthly affections can impart -the most refined ...
Page 68
... strong - minded ' - to prevent the talk from degenerating into politics or pedantry . Then is evolved the best sort of ' social science , ' while the fire smoulders or sparkles , lighting up grave countenances or flashing eyes with a ...
... strong - minded ' - to prevent the talk from degenerating into politics or pedantry . Then is evolved the best sort of ' social science , ' while the fire smoulders or sparkles , lighting up grave countenances or flashing eyes with a ...
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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...