The Living Age, Volum 128E. Littell & Company, 1876 |
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Pàgina 3
... means the whole inner history of the preparations for war was laid bare . It was a sad sight for the friends of France ; they have mournfully remembered it : but in France itself it really seems to have become almost for- gotten ; it ...
... means the whole inner history of the preparations for war was laid bare . It was a sad sight for the friends of France ; they have mournfully remembered it : but in France itself it really seems to have become almost for- gotten ; it ...
Pàgina 5
... means that the officer in question knew perfectly that the vehicles intrusted to him could not possibly be employed in the event of sudden war ; but that , instead of informing his supe- riors of the fact , he contented himself with ...
... means that the officer in question knew perfectly that the vehicles intrusted to him could not possibly be employed in the event of sudden war ; but that , instead of informing his supe- riors of the fact , he contented himself with ...
Pàgina 28
... means . The diplomatic representatives of the smaller States not unfrequently resolved themselves into modest consuls , who , though perhaps not quite so ornamental as an ambassador , envoy , or minister , were at least equally useful ...
... means . The diplomatic representatives of the smaller States not unfrequently resolved themselves into modest consuls , who , though perhaps not quite so ornamental as an ambassador , envoy , or minister , were at least equally useful ...
Pàgina 37
... mean old women . " " And pray why should women , young or old , spoil him ? " cried Fanny , aggres- sively . " I am sure we are much better than men in many ways . " " I think you are , " returned Galbraith , gravely ; " still I don't ...
... mean old women . " " And pray why should women , young or old , spoil him ? " cried Fanny , aggres- sively . " I am sure we are much better than men in many ways . " " I think you are , " returned Galbraith , gravely ; " still I don't ...
Pàgina 38
... mean would not be called gentlemen now ; they were only polished barbarians , incapable of self - con- trol ; any ... means under- value the good that was in them , only it seems so stupid either to want to go back to them , or to ...
... mean would not be called gentlemen now ; they were only polished barbarians , incapable of self - con- trol ; any ... means under- value the good that was in them , only it seems so stupid either to want to go back to them , or to ...
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appeared asked beautiful believe better body called Captain cause character Cicely coming course cried doubt Elsa eyes face fact feeling felt followed force friends Galbraith gave girl give given hand hard head heard heart hope human idea keep kind known lady land least leave less light living look matter means mind Monique morning nature never night once original passed perhaps person play poems poet poor present question returned round seems seen sense Sévère side smile speak stand strange suppose sure taken tell Temple things thought tion took true truth turn whole Wordsworth write young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 219 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Pàgina 45 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Pàgina 137 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Pàgina 94 - I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a...
Pàgina 221 - At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is stilL There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Pàgina 406 - We only toil, who are the first of things. And make perpetual moan, Still from one sorrow to another thrown : Nor ever fold our wings, And cease from wanderings, Nor steep our brows in slumber's holy balm; Nor harken what the inner spirit sings,
Pàgina 58 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be...
Pàgina 116 - I cannot say he is everywhere alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid — his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him...
Pàgina 217 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Pàgina 458 - Ye never dreamt of this, for ten or twenty years after ye began to preach. Ye did not then, like Korah Dathan, and Abiram, seek the priesthood also. Ye knew, ' No man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.