The Twentieth Century, Volume 40Nineteenth Century and After Limited., 1896 - English periodicals |
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... turn to the light and , with glad hearts , prepare to take their rightful places at the feast which civilisation and freedom have provided impartially for all mankind . Everywhere the valley of dry bones begins to stir with new life ...
... turn to the light and , with glad hearts , prepare to take their rightful places at the feast which civilisation and freedom have provided impartially for all mankind . Everywhere the valley of dry bones begins to stir with new life ...
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... turns , and granting to one concessions which were balanced by subsequent favours to the other . Nor can Násiruddin be blamed for a line of conduct which was the only one which insured him so long and prosperous a reign . He played the ...
... turns , and granting to one concessions which were balanced by subsequent favours to the other . Nor can Násiruddin be blamed for a line of conduct which was the only one which insured him so long and prosperous a reign . He played the ...
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... turn their attention to new fields of colonisation ; and the discoveries of Captain Cook in the southern hemisphere coinciding with that period , appeared to offer favourable inducements for Colonial expansion in that part of the world ...
... turn their attention to new fields of colonisation ; and the discoveries of Captain Cook in the southern hemisphere coinciding with that period , appeared to offer favourable inducements for Colonial expansion in that part of the world ...
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... turning for a moment from substance to method , I hope that Mr. Birrell , who has a scholarlike knowledge of his Dickens , will not be angry if I say that his mode of interrogative argument reminds me of Rosa Dartle . He is so ...
... turning for a moment from substance to method , I hope that Mr. Birrell , who has a scholarlike knowledge of his Dickens , will not be angry if I say that his mode of interrogative argument reminds me of Rosa Dartle . He is so ...
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... turn from the sound of the Sanct - bell , on which Mr. Birrell is eloquent , and the divine fragrance of the censer's wafted breath , ' to the plain oaken table , the ' fair white linen cloth , ' the worn silver vessels of some English ...
... turn from the sound of the Sanct - bell , on which Mr. Birrell is eloquent , and the divine fragrance of the censer's wafted breath , ' to the plain oaken table , the ' fair white linen cloth , ' the worn silver vessels of some English ...
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Page 270 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 1 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 121 - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
Page 417 - All scattered in the bottom of the sea, Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 270 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike : Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend ; A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause...
Page 121 - Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor-General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Queen's Subjects in relation to Education: 4.
Page 854 - It is because, in addition to all other grounds, its infinite resources combined with its isolated position render it master of the situation and practically invulnerable as against any or all other Powers.
Page 421 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—" The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Page 498 - This firm foundation is that of the social feelings of mankind; the desire to be in unity with our fellow creatures, which is already a powerful principle in human nature, and happily one of those which tend to become stronger, even without express inculcation, from the influences of advancing civilization.
Page 38 - THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.