Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... Miss Austen's narrative , in the sweep of Haw- thorne's best work , and especially in the carefully prepared effects of the modern French story . These stories do not back and fill , as does the plot in Ivan- hoe ; they are fortunately ...
... Miss Austen's narrative , in the sweep of Haw- thorne's best work , and especially in the carefully prepared effects of the modern French story . These stories do not back and fill , as does the plot in Ivan- hoe ; they are fortunately ...
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... Miss Beighton ; the accept- ance carrying with it the hand and heart of Commis- sioner Barr - Saggott . The terms were a St. Leonard's Round - thirty - six shots at sixty yards - under the ro rules of the Simla Toxophilite Society . All ...
... Miss Beighton ; the accept- ance carrying with it the hand and heart of Commis- sioner Barr - Saggott . The terms were a St. Leonard's Round - thirty - six shots at sixty yards - under the ro rules of the Simla Toxophilite Society . All ...
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William Tenney Brewster. up in the deodars , and the people waited for Miss Beighton to shoot and win . Cubbon was at one horn of the semicircle round the shooters , and Barr - Saggott at the other . Miss Beighton was the last on the ...
William Tenney Brewster. up in the deodars , and the people waited for Miss Beighton to shoot and win . Cubbon was at one horn of the semicircle round the shooters , and Barr - Saggott at the other . Miss Beighton was the last on the ...
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... Miss Beighton , I I O 5 ΙΟ Barr - Saggott looked as if the last few arrow - heads had been driven into his legs instead of the target's , and the deep stillness was broken by a little snubby , mottled , half - grown girl saying , in a ...
... Miss Beighton , I I O 5 ΙΟ Barr - Saggott looked as if the last few arrow - heads had been driven into his legs instead of the target's , and the deep stillness was broken by a little snubby , mottled , half - grown girl saying , in a ...
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... Miss Burney , Miss Ferrier , Mrs. Edgeworth ; in Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford , in the novels of Thack- eray and of Mr. Thomas Hardy ; and the so - called realistic school may be considered as a modern development of this type ( see note at ...
... Miss Burney , Miss Ferrier , Mrs. Edgeworth ; in Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford , in the novels of Thack- eray and of Mr. Thomas Hardy ; and the so - called realistic school may be considered as a modern development of this type ( see note at ...
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Сторінка 157 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life...
Сторінка 158 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept.
Сторінка 159 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Сторінка 159 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Сторінка 158 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 163 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 160 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Сторінка 158 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 162 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I, saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 160 - Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.