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... tion of the north transept . The stalls of its choir are superbly carved , and the walls hung with gorgeous old tapestries . A grating divides it from the church , and it is never profaned by the foot of man ; even the preacher delivers ...
... tion of the north transept . The stalls of its choir are superbly carved , and the walls hung with gorgeous old tapestries . A grating divides it from the church , and it is never profaned by the foot of man ; even the preacher delivers ...
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... tion at the Temple , in which the youth- ful Virgin advances toward the aged Simeon at the head of a lovely , lightly moving band of girls , imbued with in- nocence and simplicity . Juanes has nearly twenty pictures in the Madrid ...
... tion at the Temple , in which the youth- ful Virgin advances toward the aged Simeon at the head of a lovely , lightly moving band of girls , imbued with in- nocence and simplicity . Juanes has nearly twenty pictures in the Madrid ...
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... tion by the good Archbishop of Siena , she felt that she could not be resigned to end her days without once more look- ing upon his face . Cold , austerities , and privations had done their fatal work upon her delicate frame , and she ...
... tion by the good Archbishop of Siena , she felt that she could not be resigned to end her days without once more look- ing upon his face . Cold , austerities , and privations had done their fatal work upon her delicate frame , and she ...
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... tion upon Odysseus ( Odyssey IX . 528– 535 ) , but the introduction of Hannibal raises the passage to a wholly superior plane . There could hardly be a more instructive study of literary methods than an exhaustive comparison of Vir ...
... tion upon Odysseus ( Odyssey IX . 528– 535 ) , but the introduction of Hannibal raises the passage to a wholly superior plane . There could hardly be a more instructive study of literary methods than an exhaustive comparison of Vir ...
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... tion as an egg is full of meat , is highly entertaining . The keen interest which 1 Bulletin ( No. 1 ) of the American Geographi- cal Society . No. 11 West 29th St. , New York . Printed for the Society . its perusal will command in all ...
... tion as an egg is full of meat , is highly entertaining . The keen interest which 1 Bulletin ( No. 1 ) of the American Geographi- cal Society . No. 11 West 29th St. , New York . Printed for the Society . its perusal will command in all ...
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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...