The Living Age, Volume 253 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 92
Page 15
The disposition of evident lack of comprehension in the the hat suggested
slumber ; but set him face of the accused . on his feet , and he might have ap - "
So are we , ” added Talbot , " and if peared in the pavilion at Lord ' s or be . you
think we ...
The disposition of evident lack of comprehension in the the hat suggested
slumber ; but set him face of the accused . on his feet , and he might have ap - "
So are we , ” added Talbot , " and if peared in the pavilion at Lord ' s or be . you
think we ...
Page 18
They might " I ' ll tell you what we could do , " have come up in a boat , except that
suggested Majendie , " if they make boats never get as high as this if themselves
too obnoxious ; we could they ' ve got women on board . " move our quarters .
They might " I ' ll tell you what we could do , " have come up in a boat , except that
suggested Majendie , " if they make boats never get as high as this if themselves
too obnoxious ; we could they ' ve got women on board . " move our quarters .
Page 19
The Longfellow centenary , celebrated fellow will hardly suggest the requisite in
the United States February the 27th , alibi . Hardly is it possible for the is a
notable event from more points of most epigrammatic of moderns to apview than
a ...
The Longfellow centenary , celebrated fellow will hardly suggest the requisite in
the United States February the 27th , alibi . Hardly is it possible for the is a
notable event from more points of most epigrammatic of moderns to apview than
a ...
Page 23
... Longfellow wrote , suggested thing like a working theory , what new metrical
possibilities in English poem of all the decadents of all kinds verse ; and indeed it
is full of suggesin England can be compared for one tion even at the present day
.
... Longfellow wrote , suggested thing like a working theory , what new metrical
possibilities in English poem of all the decadents of all kinds verse ; and indeed it
is full of suggesin England can be compared for one tion even at the present day
.
Page 36
Some of the fruit bad Cęsarion , whom they call my father ' s fallen to the ground ,
and Beatrice ' s son , simile was suggested by her having And all the unlawful
issue , that their picked up one of them . It is quite lust Since then hath made ...
Some of the fruit bad Cęsarion , whom they call my father ' s fallen to the ground ,
and Beatrice ' s son , simile was suggested by her having And all the unlawful
issue , that their picked up one of them . It is quite lust Since then hath made ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able American appears asked become better British called cause character Charles Cicely comes common course doubt effect electric English existence experience eyes face fact father feel field follow force give Government hand head hope House human idea interest kind lady land Lauriston least leave less light live look Lord matter means ment mind move nature never once party passed perhaps person play political possible practical present probably question reason returned round seems seen sense side social Speech stand story suggested sure taken Talbot things thought tion true turned United waves whole women write young
Popular passages
Page 546 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 17 - Spanish sailors with bearded lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships, And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and saying still: ' A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 28 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 130 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Page 698 - Commons; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit and appoint in such bills, the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords...
Page 406 - To mind the inside of a book is to entertain one's self with the forced product of another man's brain. Now I think a man of quality and breeding may be much amused with the natural sprouts of his own.
Page 28 - O pardon ! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Page 646 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last. Oh! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art. Thou hast...
Page 284 - The satirist" may laugh, the philosopher may preach, but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Page 357 - What then is man ! What then is man ! He endures but for an hour, and is crushed before the moth. Yet in the being and in the working of a faithful man is there already (as all faith from the beginning gives assurance) a something that pertains not to this wild death-element of Time ; that triumphs over Time, and is, and will be, when Time shall be no more.