Littell's Living Age, Volume 97Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1868 - Literature |
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... true ; - Fun . - He turned from Truth's white mountain - throne , And upwards pressed , with stifled groan- " Excelsior ! " " Try not that road ! " Experience said , " Truth's rocks hang threatening o'er thy head ; The stream of Proof ...
... true ; - Fun . - He turned from Truth's white mountain - throne , And upwards pressed , with stifled groan- " Excelsior ! " " Try not that road ! " Experience said , " Truth's rocks hang threatening o'er thy head ; The stream of Proof ...
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... true that the sight of very humble degrees of Christian humanity in action will do more to kindle the Enthu- siasm , in most cases , than reading the most impressive scenes in the life of Christ . It cannot , therefore , be said that ...
... true that the sight of very humble degrees of Christian humanity in action will do more to kindle the Enthu- siasm , in most cases , than reading the most impressive scenes in the life of Christ . It cannot , therefore , be said that ...
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... true , but it is not wholly true . The Gospel was as much evidenced in the lives of the Apostles , as it was in the history they had to relate , and the doctrine they had to expound . At the same time that they preached , they proved ...
... true , but it is not wholly true . The Gospel was as much evidenced in the lives of the Apostles , as it was in the history they had to relate , and the doctrine they had to expound . At the same time that they preached , they proved ...
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... True love will never care to clasp the waist that can be clasped by any coxcomb's arm . True love will never care to enjoy the privi- leges that seem accorded to any drawing- room snob who may wish to claim them . There must be some ...
... True love will never care to clasp the waist that can be clasped by any coxcomb's arm . True love will never care to enjoy the privi- leges that seem accorded to any drawing- room snob who may wish to claim them . There must be some ...
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... true - hearted , and straight forward , with a common portion of intellect ; if a Roval education have not blunted in her the quick perceptions and pure , kind instincts of the woman ; if she has only had fair play , and carries into ...
... true - hearted , and straight forward , with a common portion of intellect ; if a Roval education have not blunted in her the quick perceptions and pure , kind instincts of the woman ; if she has only had fair play , and carries into ...
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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.