Littell's Living Age, Volume 27Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1850 |
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Page 12
... seen Basil for many hours , and perhaps that made me more uncomfort- able than usual ; but I remember my last waking thought was - I wonder what is to come ? Yet my eyelids were heavy , and I slept soon . I know not of what I dreamed ...
... seen Basil for many hours , and perhaps that made me more uncomfort- able than usual ; but I remember my last waking thought was - I wonder what is to come ? Yet my eyelids were heavy , and I slept soon . I know not of what I dreamed ...
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... seen presiding over the development of events , as both picturesque and characteristic and historical , just and relentless as the fate in a Greek tragedy . and might probably have been introduced with ex- Even in Henry IV . where the ...
... seen presiding over the development of events , as both picturesque and characteristic and historical , just and relentless as the fate in a Greek tragedy . and might probably have been introduced with ex- Even in Henry IV . where the ...
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... seen Ellen Linn perusing with so much inter- est was an Australian one . Yes , Tom had been faithful to his promise , and had written as often as he could hear of a vessel homeward bound . This was his last letter , which Ellen had ...
... seen Ellen Linn perusing with so much inter- est was an Australian one . Yes , Tom had been faithful to his promise , and had written as often as he could hear of a vessel homeward bound . This was his last letter , which Ellen had ...
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... seen in the narrative , we observed some curious antics of some of the birds during the storm ; and during our forced sojourn we wit- nessed from our half - sheltered nooks such a won- derful and impressive scene in the strife of the ...
... seen in the narrative , we observed some curious antics of some of the birds during the storm ; and during our forced sojourn we wit- nessed from our half - sheltered nooks such a won- derful and impressive scene in the strife of the ...
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... seen to rise without a fish . The form of the island , as well as its surface , is extremely irregular . The summit alone , which is 1049 feet above the level of the sea , having no pretension to smooth- ness , is crowned with three ...
... seen to rise without a fish . The form of the island , as well as its surface , is extremely irregular . The summit alone , which is 1049 feet above the level of the sea , having no pretension to smooth- ness , is crowned with three ...
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Page 240 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 350 - Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God who yet saw not all things.
Page 353 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 354 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 325 - To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height; To hear each other's whisper'd speech; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy...
Page 68 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 354 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 13 - The one has suggested to me that beyond and above all that is visible to man there may be fields of creation which sweep immeasurably along, and carry the impress of the Almighty's hand...
Page 353 - Eliguntur in iisdem conciliis et principes, qui jura per pagos vicosque reddunt. Centeni singulis ex plebe comites, consilium simul et auctoritas, adsunt.
Page 354 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of thé universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience ; or for his religious...