Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volumen1Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner J. A. Hill, 1902 |
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... England child- hood , and has interpreted the simplicity , domesticity , integrity and manly independence of the best New England character . When the time for entering college came , Mr. Warner chose one of the best - known ...
... England child- hood , and has interpreted the simplicity , domesticity , integrity and manly independence of the best New England character . When the time for entering college came , Mr. Warner chose one of the best - known ...
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... England village , and Lowell humorously declared that to him law meant an office and nothing more . Graduating in 1856 , Mr. Warner began the practice of his profession in Chicago , and for four years en- deavored to reconcile himself ...
... England village , and Lowell humorously declared that to him law meant an office and nothing more . Graduating in 1856 , Mr. Warner began the practice of his profession in Chicago , and for four years en- deavored to reconcile himself ...
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... England . Abélard afterwards modified his nominalism and behaved somewhat unhandsomely to him , but never escaped from the influence of his teaching . Abélard was a rationalist and an asserter of the human . Accordingly , when ...
... England . Abélard afterwards modified his nominalism and behaved somewhat unhandsomely to him , but never escaped from the influence of his teaching . Abélard was a rationalist and an asserter of the human . Accordingly , when ...
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... England will avenge me , and you will all be hanged , to say the least . Now if you wish my money , you have only to speak ; but it will burn your fingers : it is English money ! " " What does she say ? " asked the spokesman of the ...
... England will avenge me , and you will all be hanged , to say the least . Now if you wish my money , you have only to speak ; but it will burn your fingers : it is English money ! " " What does she say ? " asked the spokesman of the ...
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... England ; the slow agony of the pale and interesting heir of the Empire inspired him with a passion to tear the vitals out of Austria . When the drama was over , and the curtain fell on Schönbrunn , he dashed away his tears and said ...
... England ; the slow agony of the pale and interesting heir of the Empire inspired him with a passion to tear the vitals out of Austria . When the drama was over , and the curtain fell on Schönbrunn , he dashed away his tears and said ...
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Página 12 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Página 169 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Página 272 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 152 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 169 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Página 166 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Página 165 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human...
Página 144 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Página 160 - As soon as the house was full, and the candles lighted, my old friend stood up, and looked about him with that pleasure which a mind seasoned with humanity naturally feels in itself, at the sight of a multitude of people who seem pleased with one another, and partake of the same common entertainment.
Página 84 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.