Littell's Living Age, Volume 142Living Age Company Incorporated, 1879 |
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... fact that the only issue which the Danube and the tributary waters of all the Hungarian rivers now find in the magnificent gorge of Kasan , was in the pre - historic period barred by an unbroken mountain - chain . " The waters seem to ...
... fact that the only issue which the Danube and the tributary waters of all the Hungarian rivers now find in the magnificent gorge of Kasan , was in the pre - historic period barred by an unbroken mountain - chain . " The waters seem to ...
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... fact the cradle of the true Magyar race , where are still to be found unchanged the language , customs , folk- lore , and the traditions of this singular people , who , though but a handful , have made their mark on history . The Magyar ...
... fact the cradle of the true Magyar race , where are still to be found unchanged the language , customs , folk- lore , and the traditions of this singular people , who , though but a handful , have made their mark on history . The Magyar ...
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... fact the volunteers did not get off altogether unscathed . in ; but just at that moment a country cart | ery and confusion of the time . It is nec passed the door , the poor horses were essary to remark that by far the greater doing ...
... fact the volunteers did not get off altogether unscathed . in ; but just at that moment a country cart | ery and confusion of the time . It is nec passed the door , the poor horses were essary to remark that by far the greater doing ...
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... fact will prove . In the time of Trajan and Diocletian , the Romans established fortifications against the Dacians on the plain of Titel , which was then on the east of the Theiss ; the plain is now found on the west side of the river ...
... fact will prove . In the time of Trajan and Diocletian , the Romans established fortifications against the Dacians on the plain of Titel , which was then on the east of the Theiss ; the plain is now found on the west side of the river ...
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... fact , bayed back by the Danube . January of this year found the Theiss abnormally high , instead of being at its lowest level , usual at that season . In this condition of things the early thaw , as we know , melt- ed the Carpathian ...
... fact , bayed back by the Danube . January of this year found the Theiss abnormally high , instead of being at its lowest level , usual at that season . In this condition of things the early thaw , as we know , melt- ed the Carpathian ...
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Page 300 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 302 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 170 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 209 - tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air...
Page 302 - ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still...
Page 171 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 150 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 302 - Leave to the Nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with rapture more divine ; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WORDSWORTH.
Page 11 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 265 - Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result; and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another.