Little Classics, Volume 3Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin, 1875 |
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... silence a host of observations and inferences . So , per- haps , do his companions ; and the difference in the ex- tent of the information obtained lies not so much in the validity of the inference as in the quality of the observa- tion ...
... silence a host of observations and inferences . So , per- haps , do his companions ; and the difference in the ex- tent of the information obtained lies not so much in the validity of the inference as in the quality of the observa- tion ...
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... silence . I was not particularly attentive to what you did ; but observation has become with me , of late , a species of necessity . " You kept your eyes upon the ground , glancing , with a petulant expression , at the holes and ruts in ...
... silence . I was not particularly attentive to what you did ; but observation has become with me , of late , a species of necessity . " You kept your eyes upon the ground , glancing , with a petulant expression , at the holes and ruts in ...
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... silent , no groans or noises of any kind . Upon forcing the door no person was seen . The windows , both of the back and front room , were down , and firmly fastened from within . A door between the two rooms was closed , but not locked ...
... silent , no groans or noises of any kind . Upon forcing the door no person was seen . The windows , both of the back and front room , were down , and firmly fastened from within . A door between the two rooms was closed , but not locked ...
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... silent a moment , wondering if she were silly or he cold - hearted . Did she catch a glimmering of the fact that men do not crave small sensations as women do , and that the man before her was a specially rational being because he had ...
... silent a moment , wondering if she were silly or he cold - hearted . Did she catch a glimmering of the fact that men do not crave small sensations as women do , and that the man before her was a specially rational being because he had ...
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... silence , but an emotion which amounted to passion ; and such an emotion she was not only unable to conceal , but she was also unable to exhibit it either nobly or gracefully : it shone all through her , and it made her seem spiteful ...
... silence , but an emotion which amounted to passion ; and such an emotion she was not only unable to conceal , but she was also unable to exhibit it either nobly or gracefully : it shone all through her , and it made her seem spiteful ...
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Page 11 - ... among writers on morals. Between ingenuity and the analytic ability there exists a difference far greater indeed, than that between the fancy and the imagination, but of a character very strictly analogous. It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
Page 182 - From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 200 - Before us lay an avenue, straight as an arrow, six hundred yards, perhaps, in length; and the umbrageous trees, which rose in a regular line from either side, meeting high overhead, gave to it the character of a cathedral aisle.
Page 13 - I could not help remarking and admiring (although from his rich ideality I had been prepared to expect it) a peculiar analytic ability in Dupin. He seemed, too, to take an eager delight in its exercise — if not exactly in its display — and did not hesitate to confess the pleasure thus derived.
Page 29 - To look at a star by glances— to view it in a side-long way, by turning toward it the exterior portions of the retina (more susceptible of feeble impressions of light than the interior), is to behold the star distinctly— is to have the best appreciation of its lustre— a lustre which grows dim just in proportion as we turn our vision fully upon it.
Page 174 - It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded, even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His discourse, indeed, was very remote from metaphysical disquisition, or religious controversy.
Page 174 - Why should not the same thing be said of religion ? Trust me, I feel it in the same way, an energy, an inspiration, which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense or enjoyments of the world; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The thought of receiving it from God, adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation in every good thing I possess; and when calamities overtake me, and I have had my share, it confers a dignity on...
Page 177 - La Roche!" exclaimed he in reply. "Alas! it was she indeed!" The appearance of surprise and grief which his countenance assumed attracted the notice of the peasant with whom he talked. He came up closer to Mr. ; '• I perceive, sir, you were acquainted with Mademoiselle La Roche.
Page 8 - ... the higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess. In this latter, where the pieces have different and bizarre motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound.