The Living Age, Volume 269Living Age Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... possible . If neither of these can be procured , the money should be sent in a registered let- ter . All postmasters are obliged to register letters when requested to do so . Drafts , checks , express and money orders should be made ...
... possible . If neither of these can be procured , the money should be sent in a registered let- ter . All postmasters are obliged to register letters when requested to do so . Drafts , checks , express and money orders should be made ...
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... possible for writers who have very little knowl- edge of other kinds of literature - in which it may be remarked by the way that they are much inferior to the great writers of the last generation - to quote it on every occasion , and ...
... possible for writers who have very little knowl- edge of other kinds of literature - in which it may be remarked by the way that they are much inferior to the great writers of the last generation - to quote it on every occasion , and ...
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... possible to let us catch , if it were , but occasional glimpses of them ? " Young men , tell me your dreams , " was the question once put by a cele- brated artist to a youthful aspirant for fame . " Tell me your dreams ? " is the ...
... possible to let us catch , if it were , but occasional glimpses of them ? " Young men , tell me your dreams , " was the question once put by a cele- brated artist to a youthful aspirant for fame . " Tell me your dreams ? " is the ...
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... possible to his landlady and her niece , to have paid amply for his board , to have made himself help- ful in their rougher labors , but to have in other respects little to do with either of them - particularly with the woman whose very ...
... possible to his landlady and her niece , to have paid amply for his board , to have made himself help- ful in their rougher labors , but to have in other respects little to do with either of them - particularly with the woman whose very ...
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... possible expenditure of money ; to be taught how to get through a song or piano- forte piece , in a way that will secure the admiration of their uncritical friends , is all they want . And in the deadly struggle for life , the artist is ...
... possible expenditure of money ; to be taught how to get through a song or piano- forte piece , in a way that will secure the admiration of their uncritical friends , is all they want . And in the deadly struggle for life , the artist is ...
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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.