The Dial, Volumes 38-39Francis Fisher Browne Jansen, McClurg, 1905 - American literature |
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... Living in the century preceding that of Spinoza and Mil- ton , and when literature received even less rec- ognition as a reputable calling , Joseph Scaliger had the courage to be true to himself . When as a young man he was offered an ...
... Living in the century preceding that of Spinoza and Mil- ton , and when literature received even less rec- ognition as a reputable calling , Joseph Scaliger had the courage to be true to himself . When as a young man he was offered an ...
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... living and high think- ing . There is more than a kernel of truth in what Thoreau , a writer eminently unsuccessful in a business way , says of the poet . The poet is he that hath fat enough , like bears and mar- mots , to suck his ...
... living and high think- ing . There is more than a kernel of truth in what Thoreau , a writer eminently unsuccessful in a business way , says of the poet . The poet is he that hath fat enough , like bears and mar- mots , to suck his ...
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... living , Their divine minds Please it will The faith and devotion My nation , my people display . " " This age , when think we , The seas of four quarters All brothers and sisters are ; Why wind and waves Rage and agitate so ? " ' Tokyo ...
... living , Their divine minds Please it will The faith and devotion My nation , my people display . " " This age , when think we , The seas of four quarters All brothers and sisters are ; Why wind and waves Rage and agitate so ? " ' Tokyo ...
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... living wage , even at the cost of being overstaffed on slack days , until the difficulty had been solved by new organ- ization and machinery , as such difficulties always are when they can no longer be shirked . Under these conditions ...
... living wage , even at the cost of being overstaffed on slack days , until the difficulty had been solved by new organ- ization and machinery , as such difficulties always are when they can no longer be shirked . Under these conditions ...
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... living American writers whose birth has occurred since December 31 , 1850 ; while selec- tions are included from living authors born before that date , and from others who were born later but who are now dead . Inasmuch as the work is ...
... living American writers whose birth has occurred since December 31 , 1850 ; while selec- tions are included from living authors born before that date , and from others who were born later but who are now dead . Inasmuch as the work is ...
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Page 156 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Page 37 - For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he; and therefore truly, sir, I think it's clear, that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government...
Page 83 - It seemed to me as if I had myself written the book, in some former life, so sincerely it spoke to my thought and experience.
Page 87 - The breath whose might I have invoked in song Descends on me; my spirit's bark is driven, Far from the shore, far from the trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven! I am borne darkly, fearfully, afar; Whilst burning through the inmost veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are.
Page 310 - Mated with a squalid savage — what to me were sun or clime? I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time...
Page 212 - OILMAN, MARY L. Seat Work and Industrial Occupations. A Practical Course for Primary Grades. By Mary L. Gilman, Principal of the Clay School, Minneapolis, Minn., and Elizabeth L. Williams, Principal of the Holmes School, Minneapolis, Minn. Fully illustrated. Cloth.
Page 6 - White Rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry; "this paper has just been picked up." "What's in it?" said the Queen. "I haven't opened it yet," said the "White Rabbit, " but it seems to be a letter, written by the prisoner to — to somebody." "It must have been that," said the King, "unless it was written to nobody, which isn't usual, you know.
Page 258 - TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH. You did late review my lays, Crusty Christopher; You did mingle blame and praise, Rusty Christopher. When I learnt from whom it came, I forgave you all the blame, Musty Christopher ; I could not forgive the praise, Fusty Christopher.
Page 143 - so am I. But I do not tell it." He has now and then borrowed a shilling of me ; and when I asked him for it again, seemed to be rather out of humour.
Page 142 - Are you playing the same trick again, and trying who can keep silence longest? Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish; and that it is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.