Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, 1865 |
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... woman said piously . But , not- withstanding these prudent cares , Sora Antonia was not only a very sensible woman according to her lights , but had a heart , and understood her duty to her neighbours . She made her salutations to the ...
... woman said piously . But , not- withstanding these prudent cares , Sora Antonia was not only a very sensible woman according to her lights , but had a heart , and understood her duty to her neighbours . She made her salutations to the ...
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... woman born , and her costume , con- sequently , was perfect - a costume less imposing than the scarlet Albano jacket , but not less calculated to do justice to the ample bust and stately head of the Roman peasant . The dress itself ...
... woman born , and her costume , con- sequently , was perfect - a costume less imposing than the scarlet Albano jacket , but not less calculated to do justice to the ample bust and stately head of the Roman peasant . The dress itself ...
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... woman , and no way intellectual nor exalted . You and me , Colin , " said Lauderdale , looking up in his young companion's face , " must take good care that she does not find it out from us . " " Of course , " said Colin , with involun ...
... woman , and no way intellectual nor exalted . You and me , Colin , " said Lauderdale , looking up in his young companion's face , " must take good care that she does not find it out from us . " " Of course , " said Colin , with involun ...
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... woman has an advantage under such circum- stances . By means of her sympathy and gratitude , and the still deeper feeling which grew unconsciously in her heart towards him who read , she came to believe that she too under- stood and ...
... woman has an advantage under such circum- stances . By means of her sympathy and gratitude , and the still deeper feeling which grew unconsciously in her heart towards him who read , she came to believe that she too under- stood and ...
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... woman's letter , that is glad to get rid of her . The father will mend , and then he'll take her out of our hands . " " He shall do nothing of the kind , " said Colin , hotly . " You speak as if she was a piece of furniture ; I look ...
... woman's letter , that is glad to get rid of her . The father will mend , and then he'll take her out of our hands . " " He shall do nothing of the kind , " said Colin , hotly . " You speak as if she was a piece of furniture ; I look ...
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Page 29 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Page 303 - I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery.
Page 29 - And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet?
Page 493 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 27 - What," it will be questioned, " when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying — ' Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty ! '" I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a sight.
Page 483 - A cup, save thee, and what a cup hast thou brought! Dost thou take me for a fairy, to drink out of an acorn?
Page 26 - There is no doubt this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott!
Page 303 - I had even tried to preserve the Constitution, if, to save slavery or any minor matter, I should permit the wreck of government, country, and Constitution all together. When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity.
Page 483 - Dost thou take me for a fairy, to drink out of an acorn? Why didst thou not bring thy thimble? Hast thou ne'er a brass thimble clinking in thy pocket with a bit of nutmeg? I warrant thee. Come, fill, fill. So, again.
Page 29 - So I piped, he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe thy happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer.' So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read — ' So he vanish'd from my sight.