The Living Age, Volym 226Living Age Company, 1900 |
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... better things ; for he not only ranks among the Empress's allies , but is credited with having at his disposal the most efficient body of troops in the north . He appears to have done little , however , towards sup- pressing the ...
... better things ; for he not only ranks among the Empress's allies , but is credited with having at his disposal the most efficient body of troops in the north . He appears to have done little , however , towards sup- pressing the ...
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... better take it out . But let us call things by their proper names . A first - class passenger giving an inadequate tip to a railway porter , or a man in a fur coat refusing a penny to the street loafer who opens the door of his brougham ...
... better take it out . But let us call things by their proper names . A first - class passenger giving an inadequate tip to a railway porter , or a man in a fur coat refusing a penny to the street loafer who opens the door of his brougham ...
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... better that it should be so . Or rather , I would say , that since it is inevitable that it should be so , let him think that it is better . For it is not given to us , happily , to determine in which layer of the social strata we ...
... better that it should be so . Or rather , I would say , that since it is inevitable that it should be so , let him think that it is better . For it is not given to us , happily , to determine in which layer of the social strata we ...
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... better constructed eyes of the Genus Homo had no advantage over the rough , hard , stalk eyes of the crustacean ; and as I could not get to gaff across it , every effort I made was evaded ; at last , however , by mere vigorous and ener ...
... better constructed eyes of the Genus Homo had no advantage over the rough , hard , stalk eyes of the crustacean ; and as I could not get to gaff across it , every effort I made was evaded ; at last , however , by mere vigorous and ener ...
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... better for the knowledge -but you cannot cajole him into learn- ing how to learn . I see lesson - books en- titled " French without Tears , " and so forth , and I distrust those lesson - books . At all events , in the school - room of ...
... better for the knowledge -but you cannot cajole him into learn- ing how to learn . I see lesson - books en- titled " French without Tears , " and so forth , and I distrust those lesson - books . At all events , in the school - room of ...
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Sida 463 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Sida 182 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Sida 25 - ... wild and passionate uproar. Ugly. Yes, it was ugly enough; but if you were man enough you would admit to yourself that there was in you just the faintest trace of a response to the terrible frankness of that noise, a dim suspicion of there being a meaning in it which you - you so remote from the night of first ages - could comprehend. And why not? The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future.
Sida 356 - So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Sida 356 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Sida 182 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Sida 356 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Sida 183 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Sida 148 - Ne nous emportons point contre les hommes , en voyant leur dureté, leur ingratitude, leur injustice, leur fierté, l'amour d'eux-mêmes, et l'oubli des autres; ils sont ainsi faits, c'est leur nature : c'est ne pouvoir supporter que la pierre tombe, ou que le feu s'élève.
Sida 15 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.