The Lamp: A Review and Record of Current Literature, Volume 29Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904 |
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... land from the coast about thirty miles . It blocks the head of the beautiful Napa Valley with its three bold peaks and stands high above the surrounding ranges . On the right it is flanked by a line of bare rug- ged volcanic cliffs ...
... land from the coast about thirty miles . It blocks the head of the beautiful Napa Valley with its three bold peaks and stands high above the surrounding ranges . On the right it is flanked by a line of bare rug- ged volcanic cliffs ...
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... land . Like all of his delightful volumes of travel it is brim - full of human interest , always cheerful in spite of discourag- ing lack of comforts , and permeated with the charm of his personality . Saint Helena or Silverado yet bars ...
... land . Like all of his delightful volumes of travel it is brim - full of human interest , always cheerful in spite of discourag- ing lack of comforts , and permeated with the charm of his personality . Saint Helena or Silverado yet bars ...
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... land . Here we get very close to him ; we see his mind at work ; we trace the first hint of a story as he jots it down and we can see it growing as it takes root in his mind . For example , the idea of the ' Virtuoso's Collection ' came ...
... land . Here we get very close to him ; we see his mind at work ; we trace the first hint of a story as he jots it down and we can see it growing as it takes root in his mind . For example , the idea of the ' Virtuoso's Collection ' came ...
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... land of his birth . Byron practically remains a foreigner for the English reader . To the German he is , after Shakespeare , the greatest of all English poets , and his influence on the countries that have felt most closely the ...
... land of his birth . Byron practically remains a foreigner for the English reader . To the German he is , after Shakespeare , the greatest of all English poets , and his influence on the countries that have felt most closely the ...
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... lands of Gight in Aberdeenshire - a number that suggests to the superstitious the hand of fate . The family had been founded by Sir William Gordon , who was the son of the second Earl of Huntly by the Princess Ana- bella Stuart . Sir ...
... lands of Gight in Aberdeenshire - a number that suggests to the superstitious the hand of fate . The family had been founded by Sir William Gordon , who was the son of the second Earl of Huntly by the Princess Ana- bella Stuart . Sir ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 412 - 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.
Página 22 - An old looking-glass. Somebody finds out the secret of making all the images that have been reflected in it pass back again across its surface.
Página 36 - I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever. I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works, and to the remembrance of my friends upon their experience of me in addition...
Página 209 - If I were a woman, I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not...
Página 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.
Página 21 - A person to be writing a tale, and to find that it shapes itself against his intentions ; that the characters act otherwise than he thought ; that unforeseen events occur ; and a catastrophe comes which he strives in vain to avert.
Página 502 - ... dealing with the Ohio River in the Revolution, the rise of the cities of Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and Louisville, the fighting Virginians, the old-time methods of navigation, etc. "A wonderfully comprehensive and entirely fascinating book.