Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volumen1International Society, 1896 |
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Página viii
... close of the work it is their purpose to express in a more formal way their sense of obligation to the many publishers who have so courteously given permission for this use of their property , and whose rights of ownership it is ...
... close of the work it is their purpose to express in a more formal way their sense of obligation to the many publishers who have so courteously given permission for this use of their property , and whose rights of ownership it is ...
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... close embrace . So says the legend , and who would not believe it ? The united remains of the immortal lovers , after many vicissitudes , found at last ( let us hope ) , in 1817 , a permanent resting place , in the Parisian cemetery of ...
... close embrace . So says the legend , and who would not believe it ? The united remains of the immortal lovers , after many vicissitudes , found at last ( let us hope ) , in 1817 , a permanent resting place , in the Parisian cemetery of ...
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... close the miserable history . Nobody could read or hear these things and not be moved to tears . What then must they mean to me ? We all despair of your life , and our trembling hearts dread to hear the tidings of your murder . For ...
... close the miserable history . Nobody could read or hear these things and not be moved to tears . What then must they mean to me ? We all despair of your life , and our trembling hearts dread to hear the tidings of your murder . For ...
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... close the walnut box , while M. Martout picked up the piece of ear and put it in his pocket . But Clé- mentine , while continuing to smile and make apologies , was overcome by a fresh access of emotion and melted into tears . The ...
... close the walnut box , while M. Martout picked up the piece of ear and put it in his pocket . But Clé- mentine , while continuing to smile and make apologies , was overcome by a fresh access of emotion and melted into tears . The ...
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... close her lips . The terrible winds filled her body , Her senses she lost , wide open stood her throat . He seized his spear , through her body he ran it , Her inward parts he hewed , cut to pieces her heart . Her he overcame , put an ...
... close her lips . The terrible winds filled her body , Her senses she lost , wide open stood her throat . He seized his spear , through her body he ran it , Her inward parts he hewed , cut to pieces her heart . Her he overcame , put an ...
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Página xiv - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Página 430 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather...
Página 164 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Página 267 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 159 - At his first settling with me I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 148 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 164 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Página 161 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Página 158 - Some of them could not refrain from tears at the sight of their old master ; every one of them pressed forward to do something for him, and seemed discouraged if they were not employed.
Página 139 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...