Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaLippincott, 1874 - 864 páginas |
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... replied by a copious answer of seven pages , in which he observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ...
... replied by a copious answer of seven pages , in which he observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ...
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... replied , is my one star , my Stella Maris , my treasure , my guide ! No , said I , you should rather say , my treason . Yet no arms , said he . No , quoth I , quiet may suit best , as long as you have no mastery , I mean money arts ...
... replied , is my one star , my Stella Maris , my treasure , my guide ! No , said I , you should rather say , my treason . Yet no arms , said he . No , quoth I , quiet may suit best , as long as you have no mastery , I mean money arts ...
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... replied , " A Palindrome ' s a string of words of sense or meaning void , Which reads both ways the same : and here , with your permission , I'll cite some half a score of samples , lacking all precision ( But held together by loose ...
... replied , " A Palindrome ' s a string of words of sense or meaning void , Which reads both ways the same : and here , with your permission , I'll cite some half a score of samples , lacking all precision ( But held together by loose ...
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... replied the actress , giving one of those irresistible smiles which won the most hostile pit . The judge smiled in turn , and when he asked , as he did immediately , " Where do you live ? " hearty applause long prevented Mlle . Mars ...
... replied the actress , giving one of those irresistible smiles which won the most hostile pit . The judge smiled in turn , and when he asked , as he did immediately , " Where do you live ? " hearty applause long prevented Mlle . Mars ...
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... been commended for his eloquence on a memorable occasion , replied , " If any thing I have ever said or written deserves the feeblest encomiums of my fellow- countrymen , I have no hesitation in declaring that for 106 THE BIBLE .
... been commended for his eloquence on a memorable occasion , replied , " If any thing I have ever said or written deserves the feeblest encomiums of my fellow- countrymen , I have no hesitation in declaring that for 106 THE BIBLE .
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Página 803 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 507 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Página 760 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 521 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Página 125 - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Página 783 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Página 412 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Página 391 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...
Página 269 - gainst self-slaughter ! O God ! O God ! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world ! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank, and gross in nature, Possess it merely.
Página 231 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.