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Сторінка 243 - The severe Schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein, as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in equivocal shapes and as they counterfeit some more real substance in that invisible fabric.
Сторінка 248 - CALENDARS AND ALMANACS, in three sizes (A, B, & C, as above), in enamelled paper covers, suitable for the Card Case or Pocket Book, Also interleaved ; and in Russia, Persian, and French Morocco cases. "FINGER-SHAPED
Сторінка 187 - Let us emulate, if you will, the strength of determination which we admire in men, their earnestness and fixedness of purpose, their unwearying energy, their largeness of vision ; but let us never sigh after their lower so-called privileges, which when they are sifted with a thoughtful mind are found to be the mere husks and chaff of the rich grain belonging to humanity, and not alone to men. The assumption of masculine airs or of masculine attire, or of the absence of tenderness and womanhood in...
Сторінка 2 - ... old woman in similar lilac and silver costume, took its place to the right of the old men in a little knot ; they were twelve orphans who are clothed and educated by the Queen, and who receive a present on this day. The hall at the further end was by this time filled with bright uniforms — blue, scarlet, white, and green. In front were seen King Max and his brothers, also in their uniforms ; numbers of ladies and children ; and choristers in white robes, who flitted, cloud-like, into a small...
Сторінка 239 - Mary Howitt's daughter passed a twelvemonth in Munich as a student of painting ; and these volumes give an account of her daily life and what she saw. Compiled, or more properly extracted, from family letters, the narrative has the freshness of conversation with some of its minuteness, and presents a very charming reflex of thought and feeling as well as a picture of Bavarian life, and of what is to be seen in the great Art-City of Germany, * * * The book is remarkable in itself, and full of promises...
Сторінка 2 - ... children ; and choristers in white robes, who flitted, cloud-like, into a small raised seat, set apart for them in a dark corner behind the uniforms. A bevy of priests in gold, violet, blue, and black robes, with burning tapers and swinging censers, enter; prostrate themselves before the King of Bavaria, and before the King of Hosts, as typified to them on the altar ; they chant, murmur, and prostrate themselves again and again. Incense fills the hall with its warm, odorous breath. They present...

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