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Page 278
... feeling which I always honor . " The accusation of plagiarism is not new to me . An Italian paper lately called Quo Vadis ? a transcript of an Italian novel , but the title of this novel and the name of the author are un- known to me ...
... feeling which I always honor . " The accusation of plagiarism is not new to me . An Italian paper lately called Quo Vadis ? a transcript of an Italian novel , but the title of this novel and the name of the author are un- known to me ...
Page 280
... feeling , followed the sacred song in their hearts , while their eyes beheld the glory of the Light ! ROBERT MITCHELL FLOYD . ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN'S POETRY . Since a few of the most intimate friends of the late Archi- bald Lampman , the ...
... feeling , followed the sacred song in their hearts , while their eyes beheld the glory of the Light ! ROBERT MITCHELL FLOYD . ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN'S POETRY . Since a few of the most intimate friends of the late Archi- bald Lampman , the ...
Page 282
... feeling toward the Society of American Authors are most gratefully and enduringly remembered . 66 Resolved , That copies of these resolutions be sent to the English Society of Authors and to the family of Sir Walter Besant ...
... feeling toward the Society of American Authors are most gratefully and enduringly remembered . 66 Resolved , That copies of these resolutions be sent to the English Society of Authors and to the family of Sir Walter Besant ...
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... feelings of genuine friendship and ad- miration we entertained , rendered those momentary re- solves of none effect , and the daily intercourse we had together derived much of its raison d'être and value from the open - hearted way in ...
... feelings of genuine friendship and ad- miration we entertained , rendered those momentary re- solves of none effect , and the daily intercourse we had together derived much of its raison d'être and value from the open - hearted way in ...
Page 12
... man who was best qualified to form an estimate of ARTEDI , both as a personality and a scholar . That they were prompted by feelings of genuine attachment , mingled with profound sorrow at the all too early removal of his friend , 12.
... man who was best qualified to form an estimate of ARTEDI , both as a personality and a scholar . That they were prompted by feelings of genuine attachment , mingled with profound sorrow at the all too early removal of his friend , 12.
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Page 12 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket...
Page 8 - I met a boy with bread. I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in...
Page 8 - Brownell, very successful in his profession generally, and that by mild, encouraging methods. Under him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old...
Page 8 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.
Page 10 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 8 - ... same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.