The Living Age, Volume 121E. Littell & Company, 1874 |
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... give to the Pope the were all abandoned . The other titles of title of Holy Father , or Venerable Fa- the Pope are older : in the ninth century ther , and denominate themselves his de- he was called Vicar of St. Peter , and in voted ...
... give to the Pope the were all abandoned . The other titles of title of Holy Father , or Venerable Fa- the Pope are older : in the ninth century ther , and denominate themselves his de- he was called Vicar of St. Peter , and in voted ...
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... give their history an interest which does not perhaps belong to that of any other printer . Nor are similar circumstances likely to occur again . Never again , as in the case of Aldo il vecchio , will it fall to the lot of any printer ...
... give their history an interest which does not perhaps belong to that of any other printer . Nor are similar circumstances likely to occur again . Never again , as in the case of Aldo il vecchio , will it fall to the lot of any printer ...
Page 47
... give up ro- mantic fancies , and turn her thoughts to designs that were practicable ? 1 " Well , three or four months make a pretty good spell . It will secure me what remains of the winter amusements , give me a chance of some trout ...
... give up ro- mantic fancies , and turn her thoughts to designs that were practicable ? 1 " Well , three or four months make a pretty good spell . It will secure me what remains of the winter amusements , give me a chance of some trout ...
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... give little idea of this mingled scene of this salt water rolling through black of islands , channels , and bays . They do reefs , and fancy an abyss must swallow not possess the wild grandeur of Nor- up the water , and lead it by ...
... give little idea of this mingled scene of this salt water rolling through black of islands , channels , and bays . They do reefs , and fancy an abyss must swallow not possess the wild grandeur of Nor- up the water , and lead it by ...
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... give him nothing but pleasure . Douglas Jerrold , I think , points this out in some of his writings . · - IN " A ... gives some instances of this literally obeyed . After a short time his vicious , and we might now say exploded , Majesty ...
... give him nothing but pleasure . Douglas Jerrold , I think , points this out in some of his writings . · - IN " A ... gives some instances of this literally obeyed . After a short time his vicious , and we might now say exploded , Majesty ...
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Page 397 - For so is the will of God that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Page 176 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Page 178 - What more felicity can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with liberty, And to be lord of all the works of nature! To...
Page 442 - Ye have the account Of my performance : what remains, ye gods ! But up, and enter now into full bliss ?" So having said, a while he stood, expecting Their universal shout, and high applause, To fill his ear ; when, contrary, he hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues, A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn...
Page 178 - The poetry of earth is ceasing never : On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills The cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever, And seems, to one in drowsiness half lost, The grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
Page 174 - The more they on it stare. But her sad eyes, still fastened on the ground, Are governed with goodly modesty That suffers not one look to glance away, 'Which may let in a little thought unsound.
Page 548 - Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
Page 235 - But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
Page 175 - Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell. But though I'll gladly trace these scenes with thee, Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind, Whose words are images of thoughts refined, Is my soul's pleasure ; and it sure must be Almost the highest bliss of human-kind, When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
Page 100 - There is something in the poetical Arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility, that we can never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers, and purling rivulets, through five acts? Such scenes please barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned.