The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and Critical Essays by Many Eminent Writers, Volume 7Richard Garnett |
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Page 2904
... feeling that if the curtain which hangs between us and the unseen world be but " thin as a spider's web , " it is yet " dense as midnight . " But a reverent and limited Agnosticism is by no means an unmitigated evil . Even the ancient ...
... feeling that if the curtain which hangs between us and the unseen world be but " thin as a spider's web , " it is yet " dense as midnight . " But a reverent and limited Agnosticism is by no means an unmitigated evil . Even the ancient ...
Page 2912
... feel none the less the thrill and splendour of Isaiah's magnificent utterances , if we are convinced that there are two Isaiahs , of whom the second may have lived a century later than the first ; nor do we lose the large lessons of ...
... feel none the less the thrill and splendour of Isaiah's magnificent utterances , if we are convinced that there are two Isaiahs , of whom the second may have lived a century later than the first ; nor do we lose the large lessons of ...
Page 2914
... feeling , which is the essential basis of conduct , can be kept up without the use of the Bible . For three centuries ... feel that each figure in that vast historical procession fills like themselves but a momentary interspace between ...
... feeling , which is the essential basis of conduct , can be kept up without the use of the Bible . For three centuries ... feel that each figure in that vast historical procession fills like themselves but a momentary interspace between ...
Page 2950
... feel queer ! ” cried Blaisois . " If that's the case , " said Musqueton , with a learned air , " take some nourishment . ' " " " Do you call that nourishment ? " said Blaisois , pointing to the barley bread and pot of beer upon the ...
... feel queer ! ” cried Blaisois . " If that's the case , " said Musqueton , with a learned air , " take some nourishment . ' " " " Do you call that nourishment ? " said Blaisois , pointing to the barley bread and pot of beer upon the ...
Page 2951
... of English , how suspi- cious they are ! " " Shut ! " said Blaisois ; " ah ! the deuce it is ; unlucky , for I feel the sickness coming on squimier and squimier . " " Shut ! " repeated Musqueton . " But , THE FATE OF MORDAUNT . 2951.
... of English , how suspi- cious they are ! " " Shut ! " said Blaisois ; " ah ! the deuce it is ; unlucky , for I feel the sickness coming on squimier and squimier . " " Shut ! " repeated Musqueton . " But , THE FATE OF MORDAUNT . 2951.
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Anne of Austria Aramis arms army asked atamans Athaliah Athos beautiful began Bertel Blaisois Busigny captain Cathos Chimène Church Cossacks court cried Cyprian D'Artagnan dark dear death Demon door dress Duke enemy English exclaimed eyes father fear fell fire Fouquet friends gentlemen give Grimaud Groslow hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hetman Hmelnitski honor horse Jehosheba Joash Justina king king's koshevoi Larsson leave Lemminkainen letter light live look Lord Louis Louis XIV Madame Madame de Chevreuse Madame de Maintenon Madelon Mascarille master MOLIÈRE Monsieur Mordaunt morning mother muskets Musqueton never night once Orgon Paris passions Philippe Porthos prince Princesse prisoner queen replied Athos seemed soul speak sword Tartuffe Tatarchuk tell thee things thou thought told took truth Tugai Bey Vatel voice wish words Zagloba
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Page 3276 - 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.
Page 2921 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 3228 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 3345 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 2920 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 3361 - We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 2905 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Page 3379 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Page 3360 - The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer : But being spent the worse and worst Times still succeed the former.
Page 3324 - Take the helm, lead the line, save the squadron!" cried its chief. Captains, give the sailor place! He is Admiral, in brief. Still the north-wind, by God's grace! See the noble fellow's face As the big ship, with a bound, Clears the entry like a hound, Keeps the passage as its inch of way were the wide sea's profound!