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... person . The question pro and con in regard to this composer's claim to the throne on which he has been exalted cannot be ... persons who , hav- ing by course of events come into the charge of the composer's manuscripts after his decease ...
... person . The question pro and con in regard to this composer's claim to the throne on which he has been exalted cannot be ... persons who , hav- ing by course of events come into the charge of the composer's manuscripts after his decease ...
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... persons an apparently critical view of the art , so who professed a solid taste for " Handel that even those who by natural tempera- and Bach " ( a collocation of names which , ment and taste might have remained quite considering the ...
... persons an apparently critical view of the art , so who professed a solid taste for " Handel that even those who by natural tempera- and Bach " ( a collocation of names which , ment and taste might have remained quite considering the ...
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... persons tried to wake him ; but they tried in vain , for he was dead . He was buried at the foot of the tree , and it was years before his friends in Europe knew what fate had befallen him . Pall Mall Gazette . Fifth Series , No. 1830 ...
... persons tried to wake him ; but they tried in vain , for he was dead . He was buried at the foot of the tree , and it was years before his friends in Europe knew what fate had befallen him . Pall Mall Gazette . Fifth Series , No. 1830 ...
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... person's likings and dis- likings , you see whether they are careful , prudent , possessed of genuine , solid ac ... persons concerning whom she knows nothing in reality . " Lisette shrugged her shoulders , anything but convinced ...
... person's likings and dis- likings , you see whether they are careful , prudent , possessed of genuine , solid ac ... persons concerning whom she knows nothing in reality . " Lisette shrugged her shoulders , anything but convinced ...
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... persons of ordinary education are perfectly aware that our business connection with China is one of considerable importance to us ; and few require to be persuaded that any serious interruption of it would strike a dangerous blow at the ...
... persons of ordinary education are perfectly aware that our business connection with China is one of considerable importance to us ; and few require to be persuaded that any serious interruption of it would strike a dangerous blow at the ...
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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.