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Page 38
The interesting portion of it gi - en in this volume , was too long for an episode ; '
at one time he thought of writing the whole of the President ' s life as a separate
work ; but he soon became convinced that the latter portion of that professional ...
The interesting portion of it gi - en in this volume , was too long for an episode ; '
at one time he thought of writing the whole of the President ' s life as a separate
work ; but he soon became convinced that the latter portion of that professional ...
Page 49
... and the Author ' s principal fault is a propensity to theorize and dogmatize .
There is a sensible deficiency of precise dates about the middle portion of the
history . Art . IV . Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde , accompanied by a
Geographical ...
... and the Author ' s principal fault is a propensity to theorize and dogmatize .
There is a sensible deficiency of precise dates about the middle portion of the
history . Art . IV . Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde , accompanied by a
Geographical ...
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After leaving this province , the next portion of the route lay through a country
inhabited by the Bezunja Belooches , robbers by profession , who levy tribute on
all travellers whose route unhappily passes through their territory , and who have
...
After leaving this province , the next portion of the route lay through a country
inhabited by the Bezunja Belooches , robbers by profession , who levy tribute on
all travellers whose route unhappily passes through their territory , and who have
...
Page 119
Brazil , besides , is not as yet within the sweep of that grand political tempest
which is at once ravaging , and clearing of foreign tyranny , so wide a portion of
that western world . The Author of this present volume went there for the sake of ...
Brazil , besides , is not as yet within the sweep of that grand political tempest
which is at once ravaging , and clearing of foreign tyranny , so wide a portion of
that western world . The Author of this present volume went there for the sake of ...
Page 151
On this subject , and as society is now constituted , we have often been at an utter
loss to account for the inanity of a large portion of it . The time is not now , when
the inhabitants of a southern country are ignorant whether those of a northern ...
On this subject , and as society is now constituted , we have often been at an utter
loss to account for the inanity of a large portion of it . The time is not now , when
the inhabitants of a southern country are ignorant whether those of a northern ...
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Page 90 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Page 20 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.
Page 293 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 290 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! Ada ! sole daughter of my house and heart ? When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, * But with a hope.
Page 292 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 293 - He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill ; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes, Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 230 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,' saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 297 - I found him not. 7 only stirred in this black spot; / only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew; The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 479 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Page 604 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.