Littell's Living Age, Volume 74Living Age Company Incorporated, 1862 |
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... thought that the chances of success for such an attempt had now increased , through the difficulties which were besetting the French armies in Spain . In those days it was not easy on the Continent even for a man enjoy- ing the best ...
... thought that the chances of success for such an attempt had now increased , through the difficulties which were besetting the French armies in Spain . In those days it was not easy on the Continent even for a man enjoy- ing the best ...
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... thought of setting some one else in his place . " Under such auspices , in- stead of the advantages offered by peace be- ing sedulously turned to account for making the Austrian population complains are evils that have been deliberately ...
... thought of setting some one else in his place . " Under such auspices , in- stead of the advantages offered by peace be- ing sedulously turned to account for making the Austrian population complains are evils that have been deliberately ...
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... thought that he had done all that was possible for son to do that he would now go his way ; for indeed he could bear to stay no longer . " Tell me what you have done , that I should do all this ? " the old man repeated . " Nothing ...
... thought that he had done all that was possible for son to do that he would now go his way ; for indeed he could bear to stay no longer . " Tell me what you have done , that I should do all this ? " the old man repeated . " Nothing ...
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... thought into her work ; she plied her pen- cil at a furious pace ; she used her india- rubber every now and then determinedly , with a strong wrist , as though she would quite as soon as not work her way through the shiny cardboard and ...
... thought into her work ; she plied her pen- cil at a furious pace ; she used her india- rubber every now and then determinedly , with a strong wrist , as though she would quite as soon as not work her way through the shiny cardboard and ...
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... thought that she was suf- Madonna's Ear which Alabert had formerly fering from the effects of the fright caused found by the sea - side , and which it had been by the attack of the bull on the day of the believed had saved Manidette ...
... thought that she was suf- Madonna's Ear which Alabert had formerly fering from the effects of the fright caused found by the sea - side , and which it had been by the attack of the bull on the day of the believed had saved Manidette ...
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Page 359 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd...
Page 359 - Not, that he may not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head ; So must he sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to, after he is dead.
Page 356 - Ferrar, and tell him he shall find in it a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed betwixt God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom...
Page 228 - I have often told you, that though ready to obey you, I yet should leave my little fortune behind with reluctance. The greatest part of it was left me by my uncle, the India Director, and chiefly consists in jewels.
Page 76 - Certainly a man has a right to do what he likes with his own, but then every man who does so must make up his mind to certain little penalties.
Page 224 - Male or Female, (other than the Issue of Princesses who have married, or may hereafter marry into Foreign Families) shall be capable of contracting Matrimony without the previous Consent of His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, signified under the Great Seal, and declared in Council...
Page 358 - Sir, said she, Tell me, I pray, whose hands are those ? But thou shalt answer, Lord, for me. Then Money came, and chinking still, What tune is this, poor man ? said he : I heard in Music you had skill: But thou shalt answer, Lord, for me.
Page 242 - ENOUGH ! we're tired, my heart and I. We sit beside the headstone thus, And wish that name were carved for us. The moss reprints more tenderly The hard types of the mason's knife, As heaven's sweet life renews earth's life With which we're tired, my heart and I, You see we're tired, my heart and I.
Page 470 - In traversing that county one will discover numerous farmhouses, once the abode of industrious and intelligent freemen, now occupied by slaves, or tenantless, deserted, and dilapidated ; he will observe fields, once fertile, now unfenced, abandoned, and covered with those evil harbingers — fox-tail and broom-sedge ; he will see the moss growing on the mouldering walls of once thrifty villages ; and will find ' one only master grasps the whole domain ' that once furnished happy homes for a dozen...
Page 356 - ... enough* and that was dead. Nothing could seem too rich to clothe the sun, Much less those joys which trample on his head. As flames do work and wind, when they ascend ; So did I weave myself into the sense. But while I bustled, I might hear a friend Whisper, " How wide is all this long pretence! " There is in love a sweetness ready penned : " Copy out only that, and save expense.