| 1871 - 410 mga pahina
...people. To keep the Christian frontier— such high trust, Is young Duke Silva's. And the times are great ; (What times are little? To the sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.)* Every year brings with it special contingences in the political or religious "situation," and opportunities... | |
| Mary Ann Evans - 1868 - 372 mga pahina
...with Christian heads. To keep the Christian frontier — such high trust Is young Duke Silva's ; and the time is great. (What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.) The fifteenth century since the Man Divine Taught and was hated in Capernaum Is near its end — is... | |
| George Eliot, Alexander Main - 1873 - 444 mga pahina
...little heaven mine, Leaned to clutch the thing divine, And saw the blue wings melt within the blue. The time is great. (What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.) Castilian gentlemen Choose not their task — they choose to do it well. Life itself May not express... | |
| George Eliot - 1875 - 460 mga pahina
...little heaven mine, Leaned to clutch the thing divine, And saw the blue wings melt within the blue. The time is great. (What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.) Castilian gentlemen Choose not their task — they choose to do it well. Life itself May not express... | |
| George Eliot - 1879 - 400 mga pahina
...Christian heads. To keep the Christian frontier — such high trust Is young Duke Silva's ; and the tune is great. (What times are little ? To the sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.) The fifteenth century since the Man Divine Taught and was hated in Capernaum Is near its end — is... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - 1880 - 772 mga pahina
...either for their strong thought or their beautiful metaphor. An instance of each kind may be given : — The time is great. What times are little ?- To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard. Book ip 5. Sighs of delight, applausive murmurs low, And stirrings gentle as of eared corn Or seed-bent... | |
| Sir Charles Grant Robertson, Charles Gray Robertson - 1881 - 278 mga pahina
...OF KABUL AND ENVIRONS, . . 108 SKETCH OF KANDAHAR AND ENVIRONS, . 208 CHAPTER I. WE GET OUR ORDERS. The time is great. What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard. George Eliot. TUESDAY the 8th of October 1878 began not unlike other hot, hideous, Indian days. As... | |
| Sir Charles Grant Robertson, Charles Gray Robertson - 1881 - 276 mga pahina
...KANDAHAR AND ENVIRONS, . 208 £ CHAPTER I. WE GET OUR ORDERS. The time is great. What times are little f To the sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard. George Eliot. TUESDAY the 8th of October 1878 began not unlike other hot, hideous, Indian days. As... | |
| George Eliot - 1883 - 376 mga pahina
...with Christian heads. To keep the Christian frontier — such high trust Is young Duke Silva's ; and the time is great. (What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard.) The fifteenth century since the Man Divine Taught and was hated in Capernaum Is near its end — is... | |
| Maria Trench - 1883 - 460 mga pahina
...the office of a prince and a ruler in the Church of God. CHAPTER IV. EARLY MARRIED LIFE. 1S48-1S51. " The time is great. What times are little ? To the...sentinel That hour is regal when he mounts on guard. " IN May, 1S4S, Mr. Skinner was allowed to find a locum tenens, and to return to England on six months'... | |
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