Little Classics, Volume 17Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin, 1880 |
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... speak a syllable of English , and I the sole representative of the superior white within twenty miles . Alone with can- nibals , — perhaps they were cannibals . They had magnificent teeth , at any rate , and could bite through an inch ...
... speak a syllable of English , and I the sole representative of the superior white within twenty miles . Alone with can- nibals , — perhaps they were cannibals . They had magnificent teeth , at any rate , and could bite through an inch ...
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... speak one syllable of English , and I very shaky on a few bad phrases in his tongue . We two lay upon an enormous old - fashioned bed with high posts , very high they seemed to me in the dim rush- light . The natives always burn a small ...
... speak one syllable of English , and I very shaky on a few bad phrases in his tongue . We two lay upon an enormous old - fashioned bed with high posts , very high they seemed to me in the dim rush- light . The natives always burn a small ...
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... speak of her as an orator en- dowed with her surpassing eloquence . It will always be a sad effort , thinking of that last night together . There are hours when the experiences of a lifetime seemed compressed and crowded together . One ...
... speak of her as an orator en- dowed with her surpassing eloquence . It will always be a sad effort , thinking of that last night together . There are hours when the experiences of a lifetime seemed compressed and crowded together . One ...
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... speak and act as the very winds of heaven to blow whither they list , could ill support the manacles of our modern proprieties . Of what use to him could be a knowledge of the artifices of society ? Simply a temptation and a snare ...
... speak and act as the very winds of heaven to blow whither they list , could ill support the manacles of our modern proprieties . Of what use to him could be a knowledge of the artifices of society ? Simply a temptation and a snare ...
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... get out of him , as a Roman , wholly in vain . - His master's name was Mim , a wery hoarse man , and I knew him to speak to . I went to that Fair as a VOL . XVIII . 5 mere civilian , leaving the cart outside the town , DOCTOR MARIGOLD . 65.
... get out of him , as a Roman , wholly in vain . - His master's name was Mim , a wery hoarse man , and I knew him to speak to . I went to that Fair as a VOL . XVIII . 5 mere civilian , leaving the cart outside the town , DOCTOR MARIGOLD . 65.
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Page 180 - Well, do not swear : although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say "It lightens.
Page 159 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 165 - I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Page 219 - Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.
Page 166 - I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.
Page 256 - Ecstasy ! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music : it is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 165 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 205 - Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Page 258 - Night primeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 239 - While all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any exquisite passion, or any contribution to knowledge that seems by a lifted horizon to set the spirit free for a moment, or any stirring of the senses, strange dyes, strange colours, and curious odours, or work of the artist's hands, or the face of one's friend.