Littell's Living Age, Volume 97Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1868 - Literature |
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... stand out in the annals of song , enjoying a popularity beyond all competition , Horace , Burns , and Béranger . It is with the last triad that our business lies at present . It seems to us that each of them may be better understood if ...
... stand out in the annals of song , enjoying a popularity beyond all competition , Horace , Burns , and Béranger . It is with the last triad that our business lies at present . It seems to us that each of them may be better understood if ...
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... stand nearer on a level with each other than any song - writer outside the trio stands towards either of them . The songs of Moore , however clever , are artificial mere strings of epigrams for drawing - rooms . Those of Dibdin are some ...
... stand nearer on a level with each other than any song - writer outside the trio stands towards either of them . The songs of Moore , however clever , are artificial mere strings of epigrams for drawing - rooms . Those of Dibdin are some ...
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... standing bewildered . One by one the phantoms melted away , the moon set , and darkness fell . She still seemed to feel ... stand . Amongst them see how prosper those Who cast off your command ! Their soldiers serve against their will ...
... standing bewildered . One by one the phantoms melted away , the moon set , and darkness fell . She still seemed to feel ... stand . Amongst them see how prosper those Who cast off your command ! Their soldiers serve against their will ...
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... stand in his present spot and watch , so that and kissing her , and brushing away the he might know at the first moment whether drops of rain from the edges of her hair . there was any commotion among the in- Oh , what safety ! To be ...
... stand in his present spot and watch , so that and kissing her , and brushing away the he might know at the first moment whether drops of rain from the edges of her hair . there was any commotion among the in- Oh , what safety ! To be ...
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... standing next the throne , Jonathan was content to be second to the good , brave , gal- lant shepherd , who had gone forth ... stand cave , and hill to hill , not more illustrat- the test of time and the severest strains ; ing the words ...
... standing next the throne , Jonathan was content to be second to the good , brave , gal- lant shepherd , who had gone forth ... stand cave , and hill to hill , not more illustrat- the test of time and the severest strains ; ing the words ...
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Popular passages
Page 268 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 306 - We rather seem the dead that stayed behind. Blow, trumpets, all your exultations blow! For never shall their aureoled presence lack; I see them muster in a gleaming row, With ever-youthful brows that nobler show; We find in our dull road their shining track; In every nobler mood We feel the orient of their spirit glow, Part of our life's unalterable good, Of all our saintlier aspiration; They come transfigured back, Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, Beautiful evermore, and with the rays...
Page 80 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 52 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 329 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month.
Page 306 - I sweep them for a paean, but they wane Again and yet again Into a dirge, and die away, in pain. In these brave ranks I only see the gaps, Thinking of dear ones whom the dumb turf wraps, Dark to the...
Page 267 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white : for they are worthy.
Page 80 - Why earnest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Page 81 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
Page 52 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.