The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 54Atlantic Monthly Company, 1884 - American essays |
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... believe in saving per- sons from drowning , " she replied . " They don't ? " " No. They think there are wander- ing spirits on the lookout to drag such persons under , and that they revenge themselves on those who balk them in their ...
... believe in saving per- sons from drowning , " she replied . " They don't ? " " No. They think there are wander- ing spirits on the lookout to drag such persons under , and that they revenge themselves on those who balk them in their ...
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... believe it because his mental misery increased so noticeably from about that fifth decade , in which the decline of human life begins , and the waste of substance inevitably ex- ceeds its repair . Saint Paul , who was also curiously and ...
... believe it because his mental misery increased so noticeably from about that fifth decade , in which the decline of human life begins , and the waste of substance inevitably ex- ceeds its repair . Saint Paul , who was also curiously and ...
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... believe that the African desert can impart such a sense of inexorable stern- ness and mournful hopelessness . The only relief came from an infrequent wood of small , round - headed pines , which would look gloomy in any other scenery ...
... believe that the African desert can impart such a sense of inexorable stern- ness and mournful hopelessness . The only relief came from an infrequent wood of small , round - headed pines , which would look gloomy in any other scenery ...
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... believe that he may find conso- lation . Next to him hangs a diminished and distorted copy of the human form in the mockery of a rich dress , crimson embroidered with gold , surmounted by a big head with irregular features lighted by a ...
... believe that he may find conso- lation . Next to him hangs a diminished and distorted copy of the human form in the mockery of a rich dress , crimson embroidered with gold , surmounted by a big head with irregular features lighted by a ...
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... believe ( do we not ? ) that the world is a universe , governed throughout by one Mind , so that whatever holds in one part is good everywhere . 66 66 But it was June , and the birds , who were singing from daylight till dark , would ...
... believe ( do we not ? ) that the world is a universe , governed throughout by one Mind , so that whatever holds in one part is good everywhere . 66 66 But it was June , and the birds , who were singing from daylight till dark , would ...
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Page 271 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 619 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is in fact, and must be, regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Page 315 - ... as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 31 - ... fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donee requiescat in te.
Page 267 - tis true, I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gor'd mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new. Most true it is, that I have look'd on truth Askance and strangely.
Page 315 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 264 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.
Page 325 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 268 - As when, upon a tranced summer-night, Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars, Dream, and so dream all night without a stir, Save from one gradual solitary gust Which comes upon the silence, and dies off, As if the ebbing air had but one wave...
Page 404 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...