The Dial, Volumen8Francis Fisher Browne Jansen, McClurg, 1888 |
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... called a mediocre man ; but this is unwarranted flattery . He was a poli- tician of monumental littleness . " President Monroe " was a courteous , high - bred gentle- man , of no especial ability , but well fitted to act as presidential ...
... called a mediocre man ; but this is unwarranted flattery . He was a poli- tician of monumental littleness . " President Monroe " was a courteous , high - bred gentle- man , of no especial ability , but well fitted to act as presidential ...
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... called " Out of Pompeii , " " A Ballad of Calypso , " and " Off Pelorus , " are particularly fine . The latter is the story of Odysseus and the Sirens told in the present tense by one of the com- panions of the King . These are the ...
... called " Out of Pompeii , " " A Ballad of Calypso , " and " Off Pelorus , " are particularly fine . The latter is the story of Odysseus and the Sirens told in the present tense by one of the com- panions of the King . These are the ...
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... called " Canada . " Better than these are the pieces descriptive of Canadian scenes . Their expression is carefully thought out , and their local color is decided . The sonnet on " The Potato Harvest " is a good example of these , and ...
... called " Canada . " Better than these are the pieces descriptive of Canadian scenes . Their expression is carefully thought out , and their local color is decided . The sonnet on " The Potato Harvest " is a good example of these , and ...
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... called " A Persian Nocturne . " " O nightingale among the leaves Who singest to the blushing rose , Thy liquid , mellow music cleaves The garden's fragrance where it goes ! Who taught thy feathered slender throat This strange ...
... called " A Persian Nocturne . " " O nightingale among the leaves Who singest to the blushing rose , Thy liquid , mellow music cleaves The garden's fragrance where it goes ! Who taught thy feathered slender throat This strange ...
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... called " death the common portion " need to be enforced , Selection 49 may be turned to , and it will be found to consist of the song of the princes in " Cymbeline . " Of the selec- tions themselves little need be said . They are good ...
... called " death the common portion " need to be enforced , Selection 49 may be turned to , and it will be found to consist of the song of the princes in " Cymbeline . " Of the selec- tions themselves little need be said . They are good ...
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Página 100 - Why this is hell, nor am I out of it : Think'st thou that I who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being deprived of everlasting bliss ? O Faustus ! leave these frivolous demands, Which strike a terror to my fainting soul.
Página 84 - AN INDEX TO THE WORKS OF SHAKSPERE. Applicable to all editions of Shakspere, and giving reference, by topics, to notable passages and significant expressions ; brief histories of the plays ; geographical names and historic incidents ; mention of all characters and sketches of important ones ; together with explanations of allusions and obscure and obsolete words and phrases. By EVANGELINE M. O'CONNOR.
Página 220 - So gladly from the songs of modern speech Men turn, and see the stars, and feel the free Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy flowers, And through the music of the languid hours They hear like Ocean on a western beach The surge and thunder of the Odyssey.
Página 167 - Thomas Jefferson. By John T. Morse, Jr. Daniel Webster. By Henry Cabot Lodge. Albert Gallatin. By John Austin Stevens. James Madison.
Página 197 - Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations. Showing in 12 Maps the position oi the principal Star-Groups night after night throughout the year. With Introduction and a separate Explanation of each Map. True for every Year.
Página 246 - Constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy : that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits...
Página 115 - One day there came into our pulpit the most gracious of mortals with a face all benignity, who gave out the first hymn and made the first prayer as an angel might have read and prayed. Our choir was a pretty good one, but its best was coarse and discordant after Emerson's voice.
Página 215 - I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found this difficult, for life is nearly over with me.
Página 216 - After describing a set of forms as distinct species, tearing up my MS., and making them one species, tearing that up and making them separate, and then making them one again (which has happened to me), I have gnashed my teeth, cursed species, and asked what sin I had committed to be so punished.