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... force into " The Turn of the Screw , " one of the hideous stories of our language . Is any limitation placed on the choice of an artist by the mere measure of the pain he inflicts upon the nerves ? not , then the subject is admissible ...
... force into " The Turn of the Screw , " one of the hideous stories of our language . Is any limitation placed on the choice of an artist by the mere measure of the pain he inflicts upon the nerves ? not , then the subject is admissible ...
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... forces in the air that were unknown to the Osmonds and Madame Merles of an earlier day . And - chief altera- tion of all - the sympathies tangled with both sides . The puritan dualism , so to call it , of the older books is greatly ...
... forces in the air that were unknown to the Osmonds and Madame Merles of an earlier day . And - chief altera- tion of all - the sympathies tangled with both sides . The puritan dualism , so to call it , of the older books is greatly ...
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... forces beyond her scope , yet holding firm , and remaining , in her own style , noble , is Kate , the daughter of Lionel Croy . Thus the interest and even the beauty begin to gather at last to the side of the will , craft , and energy ...
... forces beyond her scope , yet holding firm , and remaining , in her own style , noble , is Kate , the daughter of Lionel Croy . Thus the interest and even the beauty begin to gather at last to the side of the will , craft , and energy ...
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... force upon one another . The space thus left vacant is filled up by a train of smaller spots , the process being completed within five to sever days after the birth of the groups . The longitudinal axes of these trains of spots are ...
... force upon one another . The space thus left vacant is filled up by a train of smaller spots , the process being completed within five to sever days after the birth of the groups . The longitudinal axes of these trains of spots are ...
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... force of the earth's magnetism , or the number and intensity of those abnormal movements of the self - recording magnetographs at fixed observatories which are called magnetic storms . With regard to these questions , the discussions of ...
... force of the earth's magnetism , or the number and intensity of those abnormal movements of the self - recording magnetographs at fixed observatories which are called magnetic storms . With regard to these questions , the discussions of ...
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Page 161 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 362 - And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 325 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 362 - And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 184 - Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage, Life's struggle having so far reached its term: Thence shall I pass, approved A man, for aye removed From the developed brute; a God though in the germ.
Page 687 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 427 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want...
Page 360 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 315 - He is a man speaking to men — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind...
Page 692 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.