Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... side by side , as in Middlemarch and many histories ; and their progress is not a mere succession of brilliant leaps , as in Mr. Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd . Perhaps fully as important as 17 15 Cited by Genung , p . 363 ...
... side by side , as in Middlemarch and many histories ; and their progress is not a mere succession of brilliant leaps , as in Mr. Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd . Perhaps fully as important as 17 15 Cited by Genung , p . 363 ...
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... side the heaps of corpses on which the burning climate had already begun to do its loath- 10 some work . When at length a passage was made , twenty - three ghastly figures , such as their own mothers would not have known , staggered one ...
... side the heaps of corpses on which the burning climate had already begun to do its loath- 10 some work . When at length a passage was made , twenty - three ghastly figures , such as their own mothers would not have known , staggered one ...
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... side - play of character . The ending , of course , sug- gests a complete episode . ] ' From Plain Tales from the Hills . Printed with the consent of the author , and through the courtesy of the publishers , Messrs . Macmillan & Co. , 2 ...
... side - play of character . The ending , of course , sug- gests a complete episode . ] ' From Plain Tales from the Hills . Printed with the consent of the author , and through the courtesy of the publishers , Messrs . Macmillan & Co. , 2 ...
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... side and the other this cannonading lasted many hours . The French guns being in position in front of their line , and doing severe damage among our Horse especially , and on our right wing of 15 Imperialists under the Prince of Savoy ...
... side and the other this cannonading lasted many hours . The French guns being in position in front of their line , and doing severe damage among our Horse especially , and on our right wing of 15 Imperialists under the Prince of Savoy ...
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... side of the portal . At the other end , though partly muffled by a curtain , it was more powerfully illuminated by one of 15 those embowed hall - windows which we read of in old books , and which was provided with a deep and cush- ioned ...
... side of the portal . At the other end , though partly muffled by a curtain , it was more powerfully illuminated by one of 15 those embowed hall - windows which we read of in old books , and which was provided with a deep and cush- ioned ...
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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.