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... George Eliot's " Spanish Gypsy . " — Its subject . A man's past his absolute master . - How far are the laws of fate moral laws ? -A noble passage . — A black sheep . Swedenborg's science of correspondences . - No royal road to the ...
... George Eliot's " Spanish Gypsy . " — Its subject . A man's past his absolute master . - How far are the laws of fate moral laws ? -A noble passage . — A black sheep . Swedenborg's science of correspondences . - No royal road to the ...
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... George MacDonald's Phantastes ' ; I have never seen it on any bookshelf but my own , and I can't imagine how it is that so few people know anything about it . It seems to me to be quite unequalled in its way — a work of art almost ...
... George MacDonald's Phantastes ' ; I have never seen it on any bookshelf but my own , and I can't imagine how it is that so few people know anything about it . It seems to me to be quite unequalled in its way — a work of art almost ...
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... George MacDonald's " Phantastes , " concerning which he had spoken so enthusiastically on the first evening of our acquaintance . Whether his guess at the meaning of Mr. Tennyson's poem is worth anything or nothing is hard to say . It ...
... George MacDonald's " Phantastes , " concerning which he had spoken so enthusiastically on the first evening of our acquaintance . Whether his guess at the meaning of Mr. Tennyson's poem is worth anything or nothing is hard to say . It ...
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... George Eliot's works , and which , even in these days of realistic art , is so rare ; -the more than Shakspearian fidelity to the truth of nature . I say more than Shak- spearian , because Shakspeare - wonderful painter of men and women ...
... George Eliot's works , and which , even in these days of realistic art , is so rare ; -the more than Shakspearian fidelity to the truth of nature . I say more than Shak- spearian , because Shakspeare - wonderful painter of men and women ...
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... George Eliot's work , and particularly of the kind of work she has produced in this book . Every little sketch , however subordinate , is perfectly finished ; not a word is wasted ; not an epithet wrongly placed ; every stroke tells ...
... George Eliot's work , and particularly of the kind of work she has produced in this book . Every little sketch , however subordinate , is perfectly finished ; not a word is wasted ; not an epithet wrongly placed ; every stroke tells ...
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Сторінка 18 - Medical Guide for Anglo-Indians. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. With a Supplement on the Management of Children in India.
Сторінка 42 - Camelot ; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
Сторінка 11 - WARTENSLEBEN (Count H. von). The Operations of the South Army in January and February, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. Translated by Colonel CH von Wright. With Maps. Demy 8vo.
Сторінка 158 - BREAK, BREAK, BREAK Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me.
Сторінка 11 - FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. With 300 Engravings, New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo.
Сторінка 14 - Crown 8vo. 3-f. 6d. *'The author of these verses has written a very touching story of the human heart in the story he tells with such pathos and power, of an affection cherished so long and so secretly. . . . It is not the least merit of these pages that they are everywhere illumined with moral and religious sentiment suggested, not paraded, of the brightest, purest character."— Standard.
Сторінка 8 - Second edition. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, price 7*. 6d, SMITH (Edward), MD, LL.B., FRS Health and Disease, as Influenced by the Daily, Seasonal, and other Cyclical Changes in the Human System. A New Edition.
Сторінка 15 - The volume is anonymous ; but there is no reason for the author to be ashamed of it. The ' Poems of Italy' are evidently inspired by genuine enthusiasm in the cause espoused ; and one of them, ' The Execution of Felice Orsini,' has much poetic merit, the event celebrated being told with dramatic force.
Сторінка 43 - To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott. And moving thro' a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear.
Сторінка 46 - For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, went to Camelot: Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed; 'I am half sick of shadows/ said The Lady of Shalott.