The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 98Atlantic Monthly Company, 1906 |
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... fact , but we doubted the story of the gold window - sash . It ex- ercised me much ; for we were all wrought up about religion . I discussed with my mother the advisability of my going to " the mourners ' bench . " She seemed more ...
... fact , but we doubted the story of the gold window - sash . It ex- ercised me much ; for we were all wrought up about religion . I discussed with my mother the advisability of my going to " the mourners ' bench . " She seemed more ...
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... facts right . And the appreciation of accurate knowledge , if not always the market for it , is certainly higher now in ... fact that the latter might more often be caught tripping if he had to produce his wisdom on demand and get it ...
... facts right . And the appreciation of accurate knowledge , if not always the market for it , is certainly higher now in ... fact that the latter might more often be caught tripping if he had to produce his wisdom on demand and get it ...
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... fact brought her no consolation . But poor Nora never thought about behavior at all . Even little June's pres- ence failed to give her this useful clue . Her mind fixed itself with terrible inten- sity upon one fact , and one only : Tom ...
... fact brought her no consolation . But poor Nora never thought about behavior at all . Even little June's pres- ence failed to give her this useful clue . Her mind fixed itself with terrible inten- sity upon one fact , and one only : Tom ...
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... fact that , from the very first , it was impossible for Ibsen to succumb to any influence . He could accompany Vinje , he could enjoy his conversation and his society , but the moment that there was a difference of opinion between them ...
... fact that , from the very first , it was impossible for Ibsen to succumb to any influence . He could accompany Vinje , he could enjoy his conversation and his society , but the moment that there was a difference of opinion between them ...
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... fact is that Nature is not very con- siderate of our grown - up prejudices . She does n't set such store by our dearly- bought acquirements as we do . She is more concerned about " the process of be- coming " than about the thing which ...
... fact is that Nature is not very con- siderate of our grown - up prejudices . She does n't set such store by our dearly- bought acquirements as we do . She is more concerned about " the process of be- coming " than about the thing which ...
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Page 418 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 419 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : Who maketh the clouds his chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 425 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief: When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Page 751 - Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine.
Page 498 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day...
Page 420 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, And as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Page 144 - They say that thou wert, lovely from thy birth, Of glorious parents thou aspiring Child : I wonder not, for One then left this earth Whose life was like a setting planet mild, Which clothed thee in the radiance undefiled Of its departing glory ; still her fame Shines on thee, through the tempests dark and wild Which shake these latter days ; and thou canst claim The shelter, from thy Sire, of an immortal name.
Page 419 - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness ; And Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 419 - LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM CIV. "DLESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD *~* my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 418 - COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.