Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as a Manual of General Information, Volume 2The author, 1889 - 393 pages |
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... NEVER SAW HIS BRIDE . Nearly all of the important events in the history of Maximilian I. , Emperor of Germany , were in some way associated with his matrimonial affairs . In 1477 , before he came to the throne , he married Mary of ...
... NEVER SAW HIS BRIDE . Nearly all of the important events in the history of Maximilian I. , Emperor of Germany , were in some way associated with his matrimonial affairs . In 1477 , before he came to the throne , he married Mary of ...
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... never decided in what manner the Virgin was translated , only pronouncing it heresy to doubt the fact , the whole field of imagination was left open to the artist . However , the open coffin below , and the opening of the heavens above ...
... never decided in what manner the Virgin was translated , only pronouncing it heresy to doubt the fact , the whole field of imagination was left open to the artist . However , the open coffin below , and the opening of the heavens above ...
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... Never , " says Forsyth , “ was so small a work so sublime in its impression . " Pope Urban VIII . tore off 450,250 pounds of bronze from the ceiling and used it in making the present altar canopy ( the baldacchino ) of St. Peters and ...
... Never , " says Forsyth , “ was so small a work so sublime in its impression . " Pope Urban VIII . tore off 450,250 pounds of bronze from the ceiling and used it in making the present altar canopy ( the baldacchino ) of St. Peters and ...
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... never lent anything without demanding security that was of double value , two of the balls indicated what he took , and the third what he gave . 25. KING ASSASSINATED AT A MASKED BALL . Gustavus III CURIOUS QUESTIONS . 47 24 ...
... never lent anything without demanding security that was of double value , two of the balls indicated what he took , and the third what he gave . 25. KING ASSASSINATED AT A MASKED BALL . Gustavus III CURIOUS QUESTIONS . 47 24 ...
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... never left me ; and twenty - four years after , when I came to write ' Evangeline ' , I located the final scene — the meeting between Evangeline and Gabriel , and his death- at this hospital , and the burial in an old CURIOUS QUESTIONS .
... never left me ; and twenty - four years after , when I came to write ' Evangeline ' , I located the final scene — the meeting between Evangeline and Gabriel , and his death- at this hospital , and the burial in an old CURIOUS QUESTIONS .
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Page 203 - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Page 27 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 29 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 367 - Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 151 - the devil teacheth how to make pictures of wax or clay, that, by roasting thereof, the persons that they bear the name of may be continually melted, or dried away by continual sickness.
Page 60 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.
Page 152 - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS UNDER THE HAND AND SEAL OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the Original MSS.
Page 61 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 23 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Page 88 - Her throat is like the swan; Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone on— That e'er the sun shone on— And dark blue is her ee; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa...