Titan, Volume 26J. Hogg, 1858 - English literature |
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... gave to its subscribers a Persian translation of the Mahábhárata , ' the great In- dian epic . Benares is the high seat of Hindoo learning , and it would appear that the Rajah of Benares is a worthy patron of letters , as under his ...
... gave to its subscribers a Persian translation of the Mahábhárata , ' the great In- dian epic . Benares is the high seat of Hindoo learning , and it would appear that the Rajah of Benares is a worthy patron of letters , as under his ...
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... I had noticed yes- terday deceived , I believed now . When I was in the carriage , he leaned on the door , speaking to me . Something still stood in his look and tone , and gave peculiar turns to his talk . 18 Akin for Ever .
... I had noticed yes- terday deceived , I believed now . When I was in the carriage , he leaned on the door , speaking to me . Something still stood in his look and tone , and gave peculiar turns to his talk . 18 Akin for Ever .
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CHAPTER III . RELATIONSHIP . CHAPTER IV . DOUBTS . tone , and gave peculiar turns to his talk . The bell rang ; the ... gave him , and all his born powers and faculties , and all his gathered wisdom , to lead aright those three or four ...
CHAPTER III . RELATIONSHIP . CHAPTER IV . DOUBTS . tone , and gave peculiar turns to his talk . The bell rang ; the ... gave him , and all his born powers and faculties , and all his gathered wisdom , to lead aright those three or four ...
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... gave his whole soul to the work bounded in by the five miles about his own house . This outward life had been inter- rupted by three or four social changes . He had married ; had twice been quite blind ; had kept a school for boys in ...
... gave his whole soul to the work bounded in by the five miles about his own house . This outward life had been inter- rupted by three or four social changes . He had married ; had twice been quite blind ; had kept a school for boys in ...
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... gave way in Ned to a closer matter . She was so friendly and familiar , that he admitted into his heart the sweet and pernicious sus- picion , that it might be she wished to know Latin , to find herself in closer fellowship with him and ...
... gave way in Ned to a closer matter . She was so friendly and familiar , that he admitted into his heart the sweet and pernicious sus- picion , that it might be she wished to know Latin , to find herself in closer fellowship with him and ...
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Page 511 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Page 511 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not, Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Page 614 - This vine, which thy right hand hath planted in this nation, I have ever prayed unto thee, that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods.
Page 290 - I cannot tell how long it took us to make the nine miles ; for we were in a strange sort of stupor, and had little apprehension of time. It was probably about four hours. We kept ourselves awake by imposing on each other a continued articulation of words ; they must have been incoherent enough. I recall these hours as among the most wretched I have ever gone through.
Page 612 - I loved you almost twenty years ago ; I thought of you as well as I do now ; better was beyond the power of conception ; or, to avoid an equivoque, beyond the extent of my ideas.
Page 614 - Remember, O Lord ! how Thy servant hath walked before Thee ; remember what I have first sought, and what hath been principal in my intentions. I have loved Thy assemblies, I have mourned for the divisions of Thy Church, I have delighted in the brightness of Thy sanctuary.
Page 614 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Page 294 - It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great waste of waters before him. Not a "speck of ice," to use his own words, could be seen. There, from a height of four hundred and eighty feet, which commanded a horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves; and a surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his farther progress.
Page 290 - Presently Hans was found nearly stiff under a drift, and Thomas, bolt upright, had his eyes closed, and could hardly articulate. At last John Blake threw himself on the snow, and refused to rise. They did not complain of feeling cold ; but it was in vain that I wrestled, boxed, ran, argued, jeered, or reprimanded, an immediate halt could not be avoided.
Page 244 - I have expected you, he replied, and had just risen to bid you welcome to my abode. She, whom you seek, passed here but a few days since, and being fatigued with her journey, rested herself here. Enter my lodge and be seated, and I will then satisfy your enquiries, and give you directions for your journey from this point.