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... readers , and it deserves to do so . Mr. Dixon brings before the eyes of his countrymen a picture of Russia , its scenery and its people , which is so novel and interesting that it can scarcely fail to arrest their attention ...
... readers , and it deserves to do so . Mr. Dixon brings before the eyes of his countrymen a picture of Russia , its scenery and its people , which is so novel and interesting that it can scarcely fail to arrest their attention ...
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... readers or win purchasers ; rative by taking a line of his own on several but alike in the preface and body of his work , matters of moment . Even with respect to there is abundant evidence that he desires Brigham Young's personal ...
... readers or win purchasers ; rative by taking a line of his own on several but alike in the preface and body of his work , matters of moment . Even with respect to there is abundant evidence that he desires Brigham Young's personal ...
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... readers ; but to turn Scott's novels into food for infant minds is only to foster the love of idle , easy reading , which of late years has been gaining ground in old and young . The Population of an Old Pear Tree ; or Stories of Insect ...
... readers ; but to turn Scott's novels into food for infant minds is only to foster the love of idle , easy reading , which of late years has been gaining ground in old and young . The Population of an Old Pear Tree ; or Stories of Insect ...
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... readers , and reward all who take the trouble to study it with the care which it deserves . " Robert The BOOK Buchanan . Now ready , crown 8vo . 68 . of ORM . By BUCHANAN , Author of London Poems , ' & c . Standard . ROBERT " A volume ...
... readers , and reward all who take the trouble to study it with the care which it deserves . " Robert The BOOK Buchanan . Now ready , crown 8vo . 68 . of ORM . By BUCHANAN , Author of London Poems , ' & c . Standard . ROBERT " A volume ...
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... readers , and had a character so perfect in its simple and complete devotion been withheld from our admiration . " - Literary Churchman . " A book which is as pleasant for reading as it is profitable for meditation . " Union Review ...
... readers , and had a character so perfect in its simple and complete devotion been withheld from our admiration . " - Literary Churchman . " A book which is as pleasant for reading as it is profitable for meditation . " Union Review ...
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Page 106 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Page 106 - ... whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 71 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me : LORD, be thou my helper.
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Page 107 - The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well the highest stakes are paid with that sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength. And...
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Page 79 - ... make children look older than they are. From this forlorn child I learned that she had slept and lived there alone for some time before I came ; and great joy the poor creature expressed when she found that I was, in future, to be her companion through the hours of darkness.
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