The Lamp: A Review and Record of Current Literature, Volume 29Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904 |
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... told that both teams of six each are killed off regularly once " SILVERADO PLATFORM FILLED THE WHOLE WIDTH OF THE CAÑON. THE TRAIL TO THE MINE " At the highest point a trail strikes up the main hill to the leftward . " SCENE OF A RECENT ...
... told that both teams of six each are killed off regularly once " SILVERADO PLATFORM FILLED THE WHOLE WIDTH OF THE CAÑON. THE TRAIL TO THE MINE " At the highest point a trail strikes up the main hill to the leftward . " SCENE OF A RECENT ...
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... told by Mrs. Patten of the Toll House , but if they are not there all signs fail , for the conditions are ideal for a fine crop of the best variety when the genial sum- mer sun warms the rocks . Silverado did not prove altogether ...
... told by Mrs. Patten of the Toll House , but if they are not there all signs fail , for the conditions are ideal for a fine crop of the best variety when the genial sum- mer sun warms the rocks . Silverado did not prove altogether ...
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... told with all Mr. Aldrich's own delicate ingenuity . And then we wonder whether the author refrained from writing this story himself for the reason he has given us , -that he tired of his own suggestions so soon as he got them down in ...
... told with all Mr. Aldrich's own delicate ingenuity . And then we wonder whether the author refrained from writing this story himself for the reason he has given us , -that he tired of his own suggestions so soon as he got them down in ...
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... told us how he might have written it . But the tale is complete ; and we can see for ourselves if only we bring our share of sympathetic imagination - how it would read if he had chosen to tell it simply as he has told his other stories ...
... told us how he might have written it . But the tale is complete ; and we can see for ourselves if only we bring our share of sympathetic imagination - how it would read if he had chosen to tell it simply as he has told his other stories ...
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... told the truth , incredible as the story seemed . The scene portrayed on the drum from the later temple is generally interpreted as Alcestis being conducted to the realms of death , " a pensive though a happy place , " by the gentle ...
... told the truth , incredible as the story seemed . The scene portrayed on the drum from the later temple is generally interpreted as Alcestis being conducted to the realms of death , " a pensive though a happy place , " by the gentle ...
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Page 205 - JENNY kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.
Page 98 - Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later delicate death. Prais'd be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love — but praise! praise! praise! For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
Page 414 - Take heed of an unactive vain spirit ! Recreate yourself with Sir Walter Raleigh's History : it's a Body of History ; and will add much more to your understanding than fragments of Story.
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Page 253 - OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past in England and Abroad, to which is added a List of 10,000 Makers.
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