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... told us but the preliminary compact , and then the man's after - taste , in the lonely lodging , of glory and absorption . At this point we remember that psy- chology is in the blood of Mr. Henry James . The present , in such a case ...
... told us but the preliminary compact , and then the man's after - taste , in the lonely lodging , of glory and absorption . At this point we remember that psy- chology is in the blood of Mr. Henry James . The present , in such a case ...
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... told him that he must be sure and say " Papa ! " Bounaud rose to his feet . He had eyes only for the child , a vision of Van Dyke in the arms of a vision of Ra- phael . The beauty of the group went straight to his artist's heart . He ...
... told him that he must be sure and say " Papa ! " Bounaud rose to his feet . He had eyes only for the child , a vision of Van Dyke in the arms of a vision of Ra- phael . The beauty of the group went straight to his artist's heart . He ...
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... told him of " her inclination and affection to learn- ing ; what an inexpressible affliction it was to her to be retarded from the Muses . . . . and that nothing in this world could be a greater pleasure and satisfaction than to have a ...
... told him of " her inclination and affection to learn- ing ; what an inexpressible affliction it was to her to be retarded from the Muses . . . . and that nothing in this world could be a greater pleasure and satisfaction than to have a ...
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... told that I have a Northern Correspondence and a North- ern Ear , probably not so fine as he may think his own to be , yet a little musical . " For the moment , Swift had met his match . Turning from him the preface proceeds to offer a ...
... told that I have a Northern Correspondence and a North- ern Ear , probably not so fine as he may think his own to be , yet a little musical . " For the moment , Swift had met his match . Turning from him the preface proceeds to offer a ...
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... told her sometimes that she was not much bigger than his bit of blue pencil , which she was in the habit of rooting out of his pocket and applying to base uses . When he was asked by the commit- tee of a certain large school at Will ...
... told her sometimes that she was not much bigger than his bit of blue pencil , which she was in the habit of rooting out of his pocket and applying to base uses . When he was asked by the commit- tee of a certain large school at Will ...
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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.