Works, Volumes 13-14Chapman and Hall, 1840 |
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Page 28
... brave . The Valkyrs are Choosers of the Slain a Destiny inexorable , which it is useless trying to bend or soften , has appointed who is to be slain ; this was a fundamental point for the Norse believer ; -as indeed it is for all ...
... brave . The Valkyrs are Choosers of the Slain a Destiny inexorable , which it is useless trying to bend or soften , has appointed who is to be slain ; this was a fundamental point for the Norse believer ; -as indeed it is for all ...
Page 29
... brave ; that Odin would have no favour for them , but despise and thrust them out , if they were not brave . Consider too whether there is not something in this ! It is an everlasting duty , valid in our day as in that , the duty of being ...
... brave ; that Odin would have no favour for them , but despise and thrust them out , if they were not brave . Consider too whether there is not something in this ! It is an everlasting duty , valid in our day as in that , the duty of being ...
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... brave old Northmen , what Meditation has taught all men in all ages , That this world is after all but a show , ‚ —a phenomenon or ap- pearance , no real thing . All deep souls see into that , the Hindoo Mythologist , the German ...
... brave old Northmen , what Meditation has taught all men in all ages , That this world is after all but a show , ‚ —a phenomenon or ap- pearance , no real thing . All deep souls see into that , the Hindoo Mythologist , the German ...
Page 54
... brave as a lion ; yet with a grace , a truth and affection worthy of Chris- tian knighthood . He died by assassination in the Mosque at Bagdad ; a death occasioned by his own generous fairness , confidence in the fairness of others : he ...
... brave as a lion ; yet with a grace , a truth and affection worthy of Chris- tian knighthood . He died by assassination in the Mosque at Bagdad ; a death occasioned by his own generous fairness , confidence in the fairness of others : he ...
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... brave Samuel Johnson , in his forlorn garret , might con - over the Biographies of Authors in that way ! This is the great staple of the Koran , But curiously , through all this , comes ever and anon some glance as of the real thinker ...
... brave Samuel Johnson , in his forlorn garret , might con - over the Biographies of Authors in that way ! This is the great staple of the Koran , But curiously , through all this , comes ever and anon some glance as of the real thinker ...
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