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... present to American households a mass of good reading . But it goes much beyond this . For in selecting this reading it draws upon all literatures of all time and of every race , and thus becomes a conspectus of the thought and ...
... present to American households a mass of good reading . But it goes much beyond this . For in selecting this reading it draws upon all literatures of all time and of every race , and thus becomes a conspectus of the thought and ...
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... present a view of the entire literary field , and to make these volumes especially useful to persons who have not access to large libraries , as well as to treat certain literatures or subjects when the names of writers are unknown or ...
... present a view of the entire literary field , and to make these volumes especially useful to persons who have not access to large libraries , as well as to treat certain literatures or subjects when the names of writers are unknown or ...
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... present dangers . I and my sisters alone remain of all who were your friends . Let us be sharers of your joys and sorrows . Sympathy brings some relief , and a load laid on many shoulders is lighter . And write the more surely , if your ...
... present dangers . I and my sisters alone remain of all who were your friends . Let us be sharers of your joys and sorrows . Sympathy brings some relief , and a load laid on many shoulders is lighter . And write the more surely , if your ...
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... present renown , and the more deserve your love . Nor had you yourself forgotten this in that letter which I recall . You are ready enough to set forth some of the reasons which I used to you , to persuade you not to fetter your freedom ...
... present renown , and the more deserve your love . Nor had you yourself forgotten this in that letter which I recall . You are ready enough to set forth some of the reasons which I used to you , to persuade you not to fetter your freedom ...
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... present , she reopened the walnut box , knelt down beside the mummy , and kissed it on the forehead . " Poor man ! " said she , rising . " How cold he is ! Monsieur Léon , promise me that if he is dead you will have him laid in ...
... present , she reopened the walnut box , knelt down beside the mummy , and kissed it on the forehead . " Poor man ! " said she , rising . " How cold he is ! Monsieur Léon , promise me that if he is dead you will have him laid in ...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Том 1 Charles Dudley Warner Повний перегляд - 1896 |
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Сторінка xiv - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Сторінка 430 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather...
Сторінка 164 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Сторінка 267 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Сторінка 159 - At his first settling with me I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Сторінка 148 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Сторінка 164 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Сторінка 161 - 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. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Сторінка 158 - Some of them could not refrain from tears at the sight of their old master ; every one of them pressed forward to do something for him, and seemed discouraged if they were not employed.
Сторінка 139 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...