The Literary World, Volume 26James Clarke & Company, 1882 - Books |
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... English Diamatists of To - day Vice - Versa ( a Novel ) 120 Bright , John , Life and Speeches of 269 289 Foreign Freaks of Five Friends , The ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS : Gray Erskine , Hon . Henry Every - day Life in India Fanny Kemble's ...
... English Diamatists of To - day Vice - Versa ( a Novel ) 120 Bright , John , Life and Speeches of 269 289 Foreign Freaks of Five Friends , The ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS : Gray Erskine , Hon . Henry Every - day Life in India Fanny Kemble's ...
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... English Romances O pheus ant Eurydice Mothers of Great Men , The Musical Tracts Nameless Shadow , The Natural History Readers .. Nellie and Katie New Earth , The New Ireland .. New Latin Grammar , A No Longer a Child .. Old Faces and ...
... English Romances O pheus ant Eurydice Mothers of Great Men , The Musical Tracts Nameless Shadow , The Natural History Readers .. Nellie and Katie New Earth , The New Ireland .. New Latin Grammar , A No Longer a Child .. Old Faces and ...
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... English language ; " but it is affirmed , that in order to " do justice to his rare versatility , to the refinement of his style , and the facility of his execution , to the extent of his acquaintance with literature in all its branches ...
... English language ; " but it is affirmed , that in order to " do justice to his rare versatility , to the refinement of his style , and the facility of his execution , to the extent of his acquaintance with literature in all its branches ...
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... English Romances . " " In these days of Sixpenny reprints it is a special pleasure to find publishers enterprising enough to reproduce some of the famous stories of the past generation in a form more worthy and enduring , and , at the ...
... English Romances . " " In these days of Sixpenny reprints it is a special pleasure to find publishers enterprising enough to reproduce some of the famous stories of the past generation in a form more worthy and enduring , and , at the ...
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... ENGLISH SQUIRE . * THOUGH from the title page of An English Squire we learn that the author has pro- duced several other works , this is the first that we have made acquaintance with , and so we took it up without any ...
... ENGLISH SQUIRE . * THOUGH from the title page of An English Squire we learn that the author has pro- duced several other works , this is the first that we have made acquaintance with , and so we took it up without any ...
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Page 23 - The hour is coming when all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done etil, to the resurrection of damnation.
Page 218 - If we were to look over the whole world to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow— in some parts a very paradise on earth— I should point to India.
Page 199 - I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
Page 101 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual. Restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Page 218 - And if I were to ask myself from what literature we, here in Europe, we who have been nurtured almost exclusively on the thoughts of Greeks and Romans, and of one Semitic race, the Jewish, may draw that corrective which is most wanted in order to make our inner life more perfect, more comprehensive, more universal, in fact more truly human, a life, not for this life only, but a transfigured and eternal life — again I should point to India.
Page 186 - I have never had her ring off my finger by day or night, except for an instant at a time, to wash my hands, since she died. I have never had her sweetness and excellence absent from my mind so long. I can solemnly say that, waking or sleeping, I have never lost the recollection of our hard trial and sorrow, and I feel that I never shall.
Page 66 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
Page 256 - The WIFE'S MANUAL: or. Prayers, Thoughts, and Songs on Several Occasions of a Matron's Life.
Page 57 - Sir (addressing himself to the Speaker), I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it...
Page 156 - Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd, and the Rome of freemen holds her place, I, from out the Northern Island sunder'd once from all the human race, I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.