College Requirements in English: For Careful Study, for the Years 1909-1915 ...Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896 |
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Page vii
... less true , but the fact remains that his denunciation was one- sided and intemperate . His temper in this exciting crisis was quite unlike the calm wisdom of his treatment of the American question . His violence has been attributed by ...
... less true , but the fact remains that his denunciation was one- sided and intemperate . His temper in this exciting crisis was quite unlike the calm wisdom of his treatment of the American question . His violence has been attributed by ...
Page xxxi
... less clear according to the nature of the composition . In Narrative and Descriptive writing , it is frequently difficult to express the Paragraph theme in words ; but in works of a formal kind , such as the Speech on Conciliation , the ...
... less clear according to the nature of the composition . In Narrative and Descriptive writing , it is frequently difficult to express the Paragraph theme in words ; but in works of a formal kind , such as the Speech on Conciliation , the ...
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... less under the necessity of forming some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British Empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensa- ble , in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation of passions and opinions , to ...
... less under the necessity of forming some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British Empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensa- ble , in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation of passions and opinions , to ...
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... less anxious , even from the idea of my own insignificance . For , judging of what you are by what you ought to be , I persuaded myself that you would not reject a reasonable proposition . because it had nothing but its reason to ...
... less anxious , even from the idea of my own insignificance . For , judging of what you are by what you ought to be , I persuaded myself that you would not reject a reasonable proposition . because it had nothing but its reason to ...
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... less than twelve - fold . This is the state of the colony trade as compared with itself at these two periods within this century ; - and this is matter for meditation . But this is not all . Examine my second account . See how the ...
... less than twelve - fold . This is the state of the colony trade as compared with itself at these two periods within this century ; - and this is matter for meditation . But this is not all . Examine my second account . See how the ...
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Page 33 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ? Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.
Page 64 - Witch Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Page 50 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 25 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 31 - s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 22 - Of direst cruelty ! Make thick my blood ; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief!