The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Band 6Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... seemed gradually clearing the way to the succession . At the time of his marriage Mr. St. Clair had been the youngest of five sons ; but three of his brothers had fallen victims to war or pestilence , and there now only remained the ...
... seemed gradually clearing the way to the succession . At the time of his marriage Mr. St. Clair had been the youngest of five sons ; but three of his brothers had fallen victims to war or pestilence , and there now only remained the ...
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... seemed to partake of the character of its inmates ; it had neither the solid magnificence of ancient times , nor the elegant luxury of the present age ; neither was there any of the grotesque ornaments of antiquity , nor the amusing ...
... seemed to partake of the character of its inmates ; it had neither the solid magnificence of ancient times , nor the elegant luxury of the present age ; neither was there any of the grotesque ornaments of antiquity , nor the amusing ...
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... seemed like a drop of lead to Miss St. Clair , who was more of an age and temperament to enjoy than to endure . At length it was ended , and she retired to her apartment with mingled feelings of pleasure and disappointment . CHAPTER IV ...
... seemed like a drop of lead to Miss St. Clair , who was more of an age and temperament to enjoy than to endure . At length it was ended , and she retired to her apartment with mingled feelings of pleasure and disappointment . CHAPTER IV ...
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... seemed nothing more than that elegant and graceful sense of his own superiority , to which , even without arrogance , he could not be insensible . He talked much , and well , and in that general way , which allowed every one to take a ...
... seemed nothing more than that elegant and graceful sense of his own superiority , to which , even without arrogance , he could not be insensible . He talked much , and well , and in that general way , which allowed every one to take a ...
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... seemed nowise dis- concerted , as he stood patiently waiting for his companion to emerge . " I hope they are to perform quarantine , ” said Colonel Delmour . " I vote for their being sent to Coventry , " said Miss Augusta . " I prepare ...
... seemed nowise dis- concerted , as he stood patiently waiting for his companion to emerge . " I hope they are to perform quarantine , ” said Colonel Delmour . " I vote for their being sent to Coventry , " said Miss Augusta . " I prepare ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 101 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Seite 100 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Seite 26 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Seite 31 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Seite 387 - And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
Seite 109 - Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold : There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st...
Seite 136 - If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them...
Seite 333 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Seite 163 - She dares go alone and unfold sheep in the night, and fears no manner of ill, because she means none : yet to say truth, she is never alone, for she is still accompanied with old songs, honest thoughts, and prayers, but short ones ; yet they have their efficacy, in that they are not palled with ensuing idle cogitations.
Seite 125 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.