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... thought from whence have emanated the intellectual development and mental culture of all succeeding generations . But the creations of the pen are not so universally intelligible as those of the chisel and brush ; for , while the most ...
... thought from whence have emanated the intellectual development and mental culture of all succeeding generations . But the creations of the pen are not so universally intelligible as those of the chisel and brush ; for , while the most ...
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... thought , the poet describes himself , — ' Whom the muse loved , and gave him good and ill ; Ill , that of light she did his eyes deprive , Good , that sweet minstrelsies divine at will She lent him , and a voice men's ears to thrill ...
... thought , the poet describes himself , — ' Whom the muse loved , and gave him good and ill ; Ill , that of light she did his eyes deprive , Good , that sweet minstrelsies divine at will She lent him , and a voice men's ears to thrill ...
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... thought or purpose ; and when Ulysses attempted to comfort him , by referring to the glory of his earthly career , he mournfully replied , - " Rather would I , in the Sun's warmth divine , Serve some poor churl who drags his days in ...
... thought or purpose ; and when Ulysses attempted to comfort him , by referring to the glory of his earthly career , he mournfully replied , - " Rather would I , in the Sun's warmth divine , Serve some poor churl who drags his days in ...
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... thought of a new device to delay her choice of a lover . She brings forth Ulysses ' bow , and will accept whichever of them can send an arrow through the rings of twelve axe - heads , as he was wont to do . Telemachus makes the first ...
... thought of a new device to delay her choice of a lover . She brings forth Ulysses ' bow , and will accept whichever of them can send an arrow through the rings of twelve axe - heads , as he was wont to do . Telemachus makes the first ...
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... thought , as well as forcible in expression . His works are fragmentary , and the following extracts are some of the best specimens of his genius ; — ' Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find Inadequate to satisfy the mind , — A ...
... thought , as well as forcible in expression . His works are fragmentary , and the following extracts are some of the best specimens of his genius ; — ' Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find Inadequate to satisfy the mind , — A ...
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Page 26 - Britannia: a Collection of the Principal Passages in Latin Authors that refer to this Island, with Vocabulary and Notes. By TS CAYZER. Illustrated with a Map and 29 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6rf. True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne.
Page 8 - Hurricane Hurry, or THE ADVENTURES OF A NAVAL OFFICER DURING THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
Page 30 - Le Babillard : an Amusing Introduction to the French Language. By a FRENCH LADY. Ninth Edition. 16 Plates. Cloth, 2s. Les Jeunes Narrateurs, ou Petits Contes Moraux. With a Key to the Difficult Words and Phrases.
Page 26 - Gaultier's Familiar Geography. With a concise Treatise on the Artificial Sphere, and two coloured Maps, illustrative of the principal Geographical Terms. Sixteenth Edition. 16mo, 3s. cloth. Butler's Outline Maps, and Key, or GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES ; with a Set of Coloured Outline Maps, designed for the use of Young Persons. By the late WILLIAM BUTLER. Enlarged by the Author's Son, J.
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Page 169 - Go .tell the Spartans, thou that passest by. That here, obedient to their laws, we lie ; ' and, ' Of those at famed Thermopylae who lie, Glorious the fortune, bright the destiny.
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Page 11 - By SAMUEL MOSSMAN. Modern British Plutarch (The), or LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS, VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D.
Page 14 - Mamma's Lessons. For her Little Boys and Girls. Thirteenth Edition, with eight Engravings. Price 2s. 6rf. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. The Mine; Or, Subterranean Wonders. An Account of the Operations of the Miner and the Products of his Labours; with a Description of the most important in all parts of the World.
Page 267 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...