Titan, Volume 23James Hogg, 1856 |
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... Spirit 117 Testing a Horse in Harness 471 Thoughts on the Birth of a Child 89 Wills ' ( Alfred ) ' Wanderings among the High Alps ' 873 • Titan's Pulpit Wine Congress at Dijon 371 To Autumn Morning with the Muses To One who Dislikes ...
... Spirit 117 Testing a Horse in Harness 471 Thoughts on the Birth of a Child 89 Wills ' ( Alfred ) ' Wanderings among the High Alps ' 873 • Titan's Pulpit Wine Congress at Dijon 371 To Autumn Morning with the Muses To One who Dislikes ...
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... spirit within her chose it , those grey eyes could soften into tenderness , that firmly- cut mouth could relax into a sweetness perfectly womanly , and entirely bewitch- ing . Even now , in her early girlhood , these changes of ...
... spirit within her chose it , those grey eyes could soften into tenderness , that firmly- cut mouth could relax into a sweetness perfectly womanly , and entirely bewitch- ing . Even now , in her early girlhood , these changes of ...
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... spirit righted itself very soon . ' Well , ' she said , presently , half laugh- ing , ' I suppose I am being done good to ; but it isn't very pleasant ; I don't like it , uncle . I am not a stoic after all , I'm afraid . ' ' Promise ...
... spirit righted itself very soon . ' Well , ' she said , presently , half laugh- ing , ' I suppose I am being done good to ; but it isn't very pleasant ; I don't like it , uncle . I am not a stoic after all , I'm afraid . ' ' Promise ...
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... spirit of nationality , whatever other defects might be detected in his memoranda . The wit and wisdom of the French abbé come out in his de- scription of the inhabitants of rural dis- tricts , and in his prescriptions to meet their ...
... spirit of nationality , whatever other defects might be detected in his memoranda . The wit and wisdom of the French abbé come out in his de- scription of the inhabitants of rural dis- tricts , and in his prescriptions to meet their ...
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... spirit which gives life . Much gesticulation wearies the speaker , and in the long run fails to move the auditory . The appearance in the pul- pit which edifies is compounded of kind- ness and truth . Over - attention to dress or style ...
... spirit which gives life . Much gesticulation wearies the speaker , and in the long run fails to move the auditory . The appearance in the pul- pit which edifies is compounded of kind- ness and truth . Over - attention to dress or style ...
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Page 72 - There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him, that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested them into...
Page 193 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Page 306 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Page 285 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus. By the earthshaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 466 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 193 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Page 284 - We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
Page 192 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 283 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 52 - Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in, the beauty of a thousand stars...