Longman's Magazine, Volume 28

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Longmans, Green, 1896
 

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Página 66 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Página 71 - ... in the full blaze of his majesty, up rose the sun; than which one object alone -in this lower creation could be more glorious, and that Mr. Allworthy himself presented, — a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator, by doing most good to his creatures.
Página 424 - The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.
Página 563 - God Her feet upon the green grass trod, And I beheld them as before. " There comes a murmur from the shore, And in the place two fair streams are, Drawn from the purple hills afar, Drawn down unto the restless sea ; The hills whose flowers ne'er fed the bee, The shore no ship has ever seen, Still beaten by the billows green, Whose murmur comes unceasingly Unto the place for which I cry. ' ' For which I cry both day and night, For which I let slip all delight, That maketh me both deaf and blind, Careless...
Página 461 - Lady Hervey, one of my great friends, died in my absence. She is a great loss to several persons ; her house was one of the most agreeable in London ; and her own friendliness, good breeding, and amiable temper had attached all that knew her. Her sufferings, with the gout and rheumatism, were terrible, and yet never could affect her patience, or divert her attention to her friends.
Página 565 - Death have we hated, knowing not what it meant; Life have we loved, through green leaf and through sere, Though still the less we knew of its intent : The Earth and Heaven through countless year on year, Slow changing, were to us but curtains fair, Hung round about a little room, where play Weeping and laughter of man's empty day.
Página 458 - She has been bred all her life at Courts ; of which she has acquired all the easy good-breeding, and politeness, without the frivolousness. She has all the reading that a woman should have ; and more than any woman need have ; for she understands Latin perfectly well, though she wisely conceals it.
Página 70 - I suspect it will prove to be only a partiality he has entertained for me. In a word, I firmly believe him to have been sent by Providence into the world, to teach men what blessings they might expect from Heaven, would they study to deserve them.
Página 322 - Sow an act, and you reap a Habit ; Sow a habit, and you reap a Character; Sow a character, and you reap a Destiny.

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