The Living Age, Volume 269Living Age Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... party actually in power has done its worst , there will still be an Elysium left for members of that much envied and much perse- cuted order in the pages of contempo- rary fiction . If We have , however , another and more serious ...
... party actually in power has done its worst , there will still be an Elysium left for members of that much envied and much perse- cuted order in the pages of contempo- rary fiction . If We have , however , another and more serious ...
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... party politics , and one of the experienced wise men of his party . He , too , revelled in party po- litical intrigues . He was a great stickler for the dignity and proprieties of the House , but it may be whispered that he occasionally ...
... party politics , and one of the experienced wise men of his party . He , too , revelled in party po- litical intrigues . He was a great stickler for the dignity and proprieties of the House , but it may be whispered that he occasionally ...
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... party of one of its best supporters . There are some names which can scarcely be connected with the word nervousness if considered in the light of their later days ' oratory . Long years of practice , the sense of confi- dence which ...
... party of one of its best supporters . There are some names which can scarcely be connected with the word nervousness if considered in the light of their later days ' oratory . Long years of practice , the sense of confi- dence which ...
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... party , from the unevent- ful luxurious English life , seems to de- velop a type of Englishman which is very refreshing to meet . He may not have the Balliol manner , or much regard for Mrs. Grundy , but he has done things , and the ...
... party , from the unevent- ful luxurious English life , seems to de- velop a type of Englishman which is very refreshing to meet . He may not have the Balliol manner , or much regard for Mrs. Grundy , but he has done things , and the ...
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... parties and singing - societies , even though the stand- ard of performance which they attain may not be a very high one , are inval- uable aids to the cultivation of music in our life to - day . One of the strong- est and healthiest ...
... parties and singing - societies , even though the stand- ard of performance which they attain may not be a very high one , are inval- uable aids to the cultivation of music in our life to - day . One of the strong- est and healthiest ...
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Page 655 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 88 - BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Page 80 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Page 724 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 306 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 276 - said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest's ferny floor. And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the Traveller's head: And he smote upon the door again a second time;
Page 655 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many; either to have it steril with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 80 - For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
Page 610 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 188 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.