Southern Collegian, Volume 13Literary Societies of Washington College, 1880 |
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... once for each day in the year . In the entire perimeter of the base the pyramid inch is contained just one hundred times for each day . If the Great Pyramid was intended to give us a true sym- bolization of the universe , we would not ...
... once for each day in the year . In the entire perimeter of the base the pyramid inch is contained just one hundred times for each day . If the Great Pyramid was intended to give us a true sym- bolization of the universe , we would not ...
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... once sown with dragon's teeth was of armed men . Their peculiar province is amplification , and they soon acquire a reputation for extensive learning . Take , for instance , the following : Proverbs are Quotations . 19.
... once sown with dragon's teeth was of armed men . Their peculiar province is amplification , and they soon acquire a reputation for extensive learning . Take , for instance , the following : Proverbs are Quotations . 19.
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... once impress- ed with an idea , devote their whole time and attention to the realization of it , disregarding every thing else , even though it be a great sacrifice to them . In order to understand this idea , and to fully grasp at its ...
... once impress- ed with an idea , devote their whole time and attention to the realization of it , disregarding every thing else , even though it be a great sacrifice to them . In order to understand this idea , and to fully grasp at its ...
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... Once judged the manes of her Kings . " Dispersed companions of life's way , Ye that my comfort was and stay , Collect my legacy of song : O save it from oblivion ! " * * * * The poet sung ; with hollow sound His lyre from his feeble ...
... Once judged the manes of her Kings . " Dispersed companions of life's way , Ye that my comfort was and stay , Collect my legacy of song : O save it from oblivion ! " * * * * The poet sung ; with hollow sound His lyre from his feeble ...
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... once played in it . But the wind no longer whistles through the chink . It is filled with mortar . Below the father of Alchemy dwells . They come to him rejoicing , but sorrowful they go away . The potion which he mixes is deadly ...
... once played in it . But the wind no longer whistles through the chink . It is filled with mortar . Below the father of Alchemy dwells . They come to him rejoicing , but sorrowful they go away . The potion which he mixes is deadly ...
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Page 60 - What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
Page 60 - I have of late (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 22 - According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression...
Page 264 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 57 - Remember thee ! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there ; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain...
Page 54 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 270 - As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
Page 102 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings...
Page 271 - ... that comes to him, at eventide, from far-distant, undiscovered islands, over dim oceans, illimitable and unexplored. He owns it in all noble thoughts— in all unworldly motives — in all holy impulses — in all chivalrous, generous, and self-sacrificing deeds. He feels it in the beauty of woman — in the grace of her step — in the...
Page 153 - Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart.