The Living Age, Volume 213E. Littell & Company, 1897 |
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Pagina 25
... side by side with natives he had gained confidence in their desire to co - operate with us and in their unmistakable loyalty . But for the saving clause , “ so long as our gov- ernment continues just and sympa- thetic , " we should ...
... side by side with natives he had gained confidence in their desire to co - operate with us and in their unmistakable loyalty . But for the saving clause , “ so long as our gov- ernment continues just and sympa- thetic , " we should ...
Pagina 33
... side were wastes of mangrove swamps , stretching away as far as the eye could reach , broken here and there by the raw green of the palm - trees . The atmosphere was that of the Niger delta , dense and steamy , with some- thing in it ...
... side were wastes of mangrove swamps , stretching away as far as the eye could reach , broken here and there by the raw green of the palm - trees . The atmosphere was that of the Niger delta , dense and steamy , with some- thing in it ...
Pagina 35
... side as she passed , while be- statuesque and antique . Let any ath- neath the arched roots , which resem lete or anatomist view one of these bled the tentacles of a crawling Niger - men , and he will confess that it octopus , were ...
... side as she passed , while be- statuesque and antique . Let any ath- neath the arched roots , which resem lete or anatomist view one of these bled the tentacles of a crawling Niger - men , and he will confess that it octopus , were ...
Pagina 47
... side when once war had been pro- claimed . It is only the pen of one who is conscious of living through such a crisis that can be instinct with real feeling and can convey that feeling to after - times . It is curious to observe that ...
... side when once war had been pro- claimed . It is only the pen of one who is conscious of living through such a crisis that can be instinct with real feeling and can convey that feeling to after - times . It is curious to observe that ...
Pagina 68
... side . This man , having laid aside his oars , now stood , boat - hook in hand , awaiting the inevitable crash . The offending boy in the bows was making frantic efforts to haul in his misguided rope , but the possibility of making a ...
... side . This man , having laid aside his oars , now stood , boat - hook in hand , awaiting the inevitable crash . The offending boy in the bows was making frantic efforts to haul in his misguided rope , but the possibility of making a ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 283 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Pagina 293 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too...
Pagina 205 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Pagina 291 - To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
Pagina 291 - IN a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them, With a sleety whistle through them; Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime.
Pagina 269 - Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterwards that which is spiritual.
Pagina 542 - Corydon would kiss her then,. She said, maids must kiss no men, Till they did for good and all ; Then she made the shepherd- call • All the heavens to witness truth Never loved a truer youth. Thus with many a pretty oath, Yea and nay, and faith and troth, Such as...
Pagina 205 - Cressid's name the very crown of falsehood, If ever she leave Troilus ! Time, force, and death, Do to this body what extremes you can ; But the strong base and building of my love Is as the very centre of the earth, Drawing all things to it.
Pagina 227 - He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone, But in the darkness and the cloud, As over Sinai's peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Altho
Pagina 93 - Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.