Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, 1865 |
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Page 44
... lives . And , indeed , I never should have done so ; only I was let run wild in consequence of mamma's being so busy getting my sisters off , and papa being always in town after that dreadful drop in tallow , which ultimately flew to ...
... lives . And , indeed , I never should have done so ; only I was let run wild in consequence of mamma's being so busy getting my sisters off , and papa being always in town after that dreadful drop in tallow , which ultimately flew to ...
Page 46
... live on . If he could bring himself to believe in a future state , of any sort or kind , he would blow out his brains that night . But he couldn't , and annihilation was so horrible . He had not been used justly . He had had no chance ...
... live on . If he could bring himself to believe in a future state , of any sort or kind , he would blow out his brains that night . But he couldn't , and annihilation was so horrible . He had not been used justly . He had had no chance ...
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... live in lwonesome steätes , Wi ' nwone vor meätes in fellowship ? Tall tuns above the high - flown larks , On houses , lugs in length , an ' zights O ' windows , that do gleäre in lights A - shot up slopes or woodbound parks , Be vur an ...
... live in lwonesome steätes , Wi ' nwone vor meätes in fellowship ? Tall tuns above the high - flown larks , On houses , lugs in length , an ' zights O ' windows , that do gleäre in lights A - shot up slopes or woodbound parks , Be vur an ...
Page 57
... live in the harmony and united action of brothers and neighbours ) , that I ven- ture to beg all who will to turn with me from the present misère of war , wrath , hatred , and all malignity , to a few years of home - baked commonplace ...
... live in the harmony and united action of brothers and neighbours ) , that I ven- ture to beg all who will to turn with me from the present misère of war , wrath , hatred , and all malignity , to a few years of home - baked commonplace ...
Page 65
... live in such - and - such a place .'- ' What are you doing here ? ' said the king . Please your Majesty , ' quoth he , ' I have but this moment arrived with the mail , and desired to take advantage of the oppor- tunity to do myself the ...
... live in such - and - such a place .'- ' What are you doing here ? ' said the king . Please your Majesty , ' quoth he , ' I have but this moment arrived with the mail , and desired to take advantage of the oppor- tunity to do myself the ...
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Page 108 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 23 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : — ' Pipe a song about a lamb : ' So I piped with merry cheer. ' Piper, pipe that song again : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear.
Page 277 - By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
Page 277 - I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government — that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution...
Page 21 - What," it will be questioned, " when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying — ' Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty...
Page 15 - In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed. and finished wit ; and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment.
Page 467 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 276 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they...
Page 23 - He led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet. And Phoebus fir'd my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
Page 277 - It was in the oath I took that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.