The Living Age, Volume 17Littell, Son and Company, 1848 |
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... guard in the channel , would be less most men . And if we were at war then , we were expensive and more efficient . Perhaps so . Our consequently so much the better furnished to resist contemporary , who takes a seat in every council ...
... guard in the channel , would be less most men . And if we were at war then , we were expensive and more efficient . Perhaps so . Our consequently so much the better furnished to resist contemporary , who takes a seat in every council ...
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... guard against unforeseen contingences . In the heat of disputation , we might be drawn away from that , the real question , and should waste our labor in discussing subjects that have little to do with it . Those who have no earnest ...
... guard against unforeseen contingences . In the heat of disputation , we might be drawn away from that , the real question , and should waste our labor in discussing subjects that have little to do with it . Those who have no earnest ...
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... guard against the influx of what is bad in taste and vicious in morals , in any other way than by furnishing a sufficient supply of a healthy character . The mental and moral appetite must be gratified . We hope that , by " winnowing ...
... guard against the influx of what is bad in taste and vicious in morals , in any other way than by furnishing a sufficient supply of a healthy character . The mental and moral appetite must be gratified . We hope that , by " winnowing ...
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... guard , estab- lish two legislative chambers , and proclaim liberty to Russia . The question next arose , what was to be done with the members of the imperial fam- The interregnum was honorable to both the broth - ily after victory . It ...
... guard , estab- lish two legislative chambers , and proclaim liberty to Russia . The question next arose , what was to be done with the members of the imperial fam- The interregnum was honorable to both the broth - ily after victory . It ...
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... guard , in St. Helena . 66 We need not envy the Frenchman his taste for enthusiasm , " his scorn of " science , " his disdain of " profound combinations , " and his passion for winning battles by the magic of a village con- jurer . M ...
... guard , in St. Helena . 66 We need not envy the Frenchman his taste for enthusiasm , " his scorn of " science , " his disdain of " profound combinations , " and his passion for winning battles by the magic of a village con- jurer . M ...
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Page 274 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 224 - But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Page 340 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks...
Page 146 - Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heir-loom, Handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Page 88 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Page 245 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 146 - Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long journey; Faded was she and old, when in disappointment it ended. Each succeeding year stole something away from her beauty, Leaving behind it, broader and deeper, the gloom and the shadow. Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead, Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her eavthly horizon, As in the eastern sky the first faint streaks of the morning.
Page 294 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Page 396 - The two natures blended beautifully together, for the turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, and for subduing their reckless spirits to that service, which alone could set them free.
Page 128 - When it raineth, it is his penthouse; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close; at all times he can use it; never heavy, never cumbersome.