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... story without appealing to our coarser im- pulses . There is a dignity and self- restraint , a culture , a wit and refine- ment about his methods , which , alas , seems not always to have descended to our present school of writers . How ...
... story without appealing to our coarser im- pulses . There is a dignity and self- restraint , a culture , a wit and refine- ment about his methods , which , alas , seems not always to have descended to our present school of writers . How ...
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... story altogether , like so many of the stories of the savage and the white man ; and one cannot help sym- pathizing to some extent with the sav- age . It is generally an evil day for the uncivilized nations , or at least for their ...
... story altogether , like so many of the stories of the savage and the white man ; and one cannot help sym- pathizing to some extent with the sav- age . It is generally an evil day for the uncivilized nations , or at least for their ...
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... story , the story of that short campaign . Few finer things have been done by Englishmen . Think of it - seven hundred men marching straight on the capital of a famous chief , master of many thousands of well - trained and hitherto ...
... story , the story of that short campaign . Few finer things have been done by Englishmen . Think of it - seven hundred men marching straight on the capital of a famous chief , master of many thousands of well - trained and hitherto ...
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... , while Russia is not merely cold- shouldered but snubbed . That is the story told by her diplomatists . Trea- ties are interpreted in the sense least favorable to Russia , the self - denying ordinance of 48 Russia and China .
... , while Russia is not merely cold- shouldered but snubbed . That is the story told by her diplomatists . Trea- ties are interpreted in the sense least favorable to Russia , the self - denying ordinance of 48 Russia and China .
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... story of English history from the Roman conquest to the acces- sion of King George V. and the federa- tion of the South African colonies , within the limits of less than three hundred pages of moderate size is the by no means easy task ...
... story of English history from the Roman conquest to the acces- sion of King George V. and the federa- tion of the South African colonies , within the limits of less than three hundred pages of moderate size is the by no means easy task ...
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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.