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... seen him fall struck by a harquebuse ball at Brille . I thought I should have gone mad with grief , and was like to die , when suddenly my sorrow was turned to joy by the return of my husband himself , sorely wounded , a shadow of his ...
... seen him fall struck by a harquebuse ball at Brille . I thought I should have gone mad with grief , and was like to die , when suddenly my sorrow was turned to joy by the return of my husband himself , sorely wounded , a shadow of his ...
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... seen drifting off Port St. Julian , which presently ran aground . High aloft from the yard - arm there dangled by the neck the corpse of a one - armed man , and all the bloodstained deck was strewn with the bodies of the crew , each man ...
... seen drifting off Port St. Julian , which presently ran aground . High aloft from the yard - arm there dangled by the neck the corpse of a one - armed man , and all the bloodstained deck was strewn with the bodies of the crew , each man ...
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... seen the poor wretches before , but usually turned aside to avoid being offended by the sight of them , for they were very hideous in their filth and suffering . But this time , I knew not why , I was impelled to stay and watch them ...
... seen the poor wretches before , but usually turned aside to avoid being offended by the sight of them , for they were very hideous in their filth and suffering . But this time , I knew not why , I was impelled to stay and watch them ...
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... seen him a silky fair beard had begun to show upon his cheek ; but there was no deceiving a mother's heart , it was my own son , and my heart was filled with joy . And yet , as I grew calmer , the terror and perplexity of his position ...
... seen him a silky fair beard had begun to show upon his cheek ; but there was no deceiving a mother's heart , it was my own son , and my heart was filled with joy . And yet , as I grew calmer , the terror and perplexity of his position ...
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... seen to be double , some triple , and a few quadruple and even multiple . These when viewed with the naked eye , or even a powerful binocular field glass , seem to be single , and show no sign of consisting of two components . Some of ...
... seen to be double , some triple , and a few quadruple and even multiple . These when viewed with the naked eye , or even a powerful binocular field glass , seem to be single , and show no sign of consisting of two components . Some of ...
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Page 137 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Page 175 - Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. For art comes to you, proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 400 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 175 - A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to be seen in them by the finest senses? How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite in their purest energy? To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
Page 331 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 175 - While all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any exquisite passion, or any contribution to knowledge that seems, by a lifted horizon, to set the spirit free for a moment, or any stirring of the senses, strange dyes, strange flowers, and curious odours, or work of the artist's hands, or the face of one's friend.
Page 201 - Piacer, quanto le belle membra in ch' io Rinchiusa fui, e sono in terra sparte : E se il sommo piacer sì ti fallio Per la mia morte, qual cosa mortale Dovea poi trarre te nel suo disio ? Ben ti dovevi, per lo primo strale Delle cose fallaci, levar suso Diretro a me che non era più tale.
Page 141 - This evening one of our married ladies, a lively pretty little woman, good humouredly sat down upon Dr. Johnson's knee, and, being encouraged by some of the company, put her hands round his neck, and kissed him. ' Do it again, (said he,) and let us see who will tire first.
Page 175 - ... us, — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end. A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to be seen in them by the finest senses?
Page 320 - ROSE AYLMER AH, WHAT avails the sceptred race! Ah ! what the form divine ! What every virtue, every grace ! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee.