The Living Age, Volume 263E. Littell & Company, 1909 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 15
... present day there has been a party at Madrid which has never ceased to ring the changes on this will . " The will of the Great Queen " is trotted out per- petually and never fails to bring a cheer . This is the more astounding when one ...
... present day there has been a party at Madrid which has never ceased to ring the changes on this will . " The will of the Great Queen " is trotted out per- petually and never fails to bring a cheer . This is the more astounding when one ...
Page 16
... present day no word has reached the outside world of any mineral be- ing sent down to the coast . A com- pany was slowly formed under the presidency of Villanueva , the chief founder being the Duke of Tovar ; the Count of Romanones and ...
... present day no word has reached the outside world of any mineral be- ing sent down to the coast . A com- pany was slowly formed under the presidency of Villanueva , the chief founder being the Duke of Tovar ; the Count of Romanones and ...
Page 85
... present , have been enough to transform the whole world into one monstrous tyranny of trusts a tyranny made possible by an unprecedented accumulation of capital , commanding an absolute monopoly of the mechanical sciences , old and new ...
... present , have been enough to transform the whole world into one monstrous tyranny of trusts a tyranny made possible by an unprecedented accumulation of capital , commanding an absolute monopoly of the mechanical sciences , old and new ...
Page 126
... lieved devoutly in the reaction which will surely come ; and he died as he lived , satisfied with the past , happy in the present , and of good hope for the future . " The Silver Horde , " is a title so 126 Sir Theodore Martin .
... lieved devoutly in the reaction which will surely come ; and he died as he lived , satisfied with the past , happy in the present , and of good hope for the future . " The Silver Horde , " is a title so 126 Sir Theodore Martin .
Page 133
... present we are content to treat it as something abnormal , or something accidental . We say the poet took too much wine or too many mistresses be- cause he was a genius ; or we say he would have been a greater genius if he had been more ...
... present we are content to treat it as something abnormal , or something accidental . We say the poet took too much wine or too many mistresses be- cause he was a genius ; or we say he would have been a greater genius if he had been more ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American asked Barcelona Barrès better Blackwood's Magazine called Canada Catalonia Charles Charles Reade Church cial comet Cornhill Magazine course dear Debussy door doubt Duddingstone Emily England English Eugene Lee-Hamilton eyes face fact feel fellow Ferrer Francis French Germany girl give Government hand head heart honor House of Commons House of Lords John Justin knew land laugh less LIVING AGE London look matter means Melilla ment mind moral nature ness never night Nishapur once passed Peary person play poet poetry Pole Poley political present question reader Sandylane seems side sion smile Spain spirit stand story talk tell things thought tion to-day town ture turned voice War Office woman word writing young
Popular passages
Page 481 - To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Page 614 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 163 - How high they soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place ; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone.
Page 229 - The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes; And He that toss'd you down into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows!
Page 550 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 229 - They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram, that great Hunter— the wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his sleep.
Page 162 - King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they close. — They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh!
Page 528 - Thou canst not prove thou art immortal, no Nor yet that thou art mortal — nay my son, Thou canst not prove that I, who speak with thee, Am not thyself in converse with thyself, For nothing worthy proving can be proven, Nor yet disproven...
Page 71 - Wherefore if according to what we have already said it should return again about the year 1758, candid posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this was first discovered by an Englishman.
Page 248 - I dare say he thinks he has done a mighty thing. He won't stay till he gets home to his seat in the country, to produce this wonderful deed: hell call up the landlord of the first inn on the road; and, after a suitable preface upon mortality and the uncertainty of life, will tell him that he should not delay making his will; and here, Sir...