New Nash's Pall Mall Magazine, Volume 211900 |
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... close to the Palace , upon the other side of which the houses of the city were crowded . Naturally he was a frequent visitor , for any society was a relief from the tedium of the constant drills so necessary to the discipline of his ...
... close to the Palace , upon the other side of which the houses of the city were crowded . Naturally he was a frequent visitor , for any society was a relief from the tedium of the constant drills so necessary to the discipline of his ...
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... close to his ear , Then the voice of the bugle , and one who is left behind . A thought of her face , a spur - thrust , and forward , swift as the wind . This , for his honour's sake , and a life for a life is given . But the price ? O ...
... close to his ear , Then the voice of the bugle , and one who is left behind . A thought of her face , a spur - thrust , and forward , swift as the wind . This , for his honour's sake , and a life for a life is given . But the price ? O ...
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... close the way . With the towering cliffs almost shutting out the sunlight , and the roar of the river and the train increased a hundredfold by the echoing walls , the passage of this terrible gorge will never be forgotten . " Here is ...
... close the way . With the towering cliffs almost shutting out the sunlight , and the roar of the river and the train increased a hundredfold by the echoing walls , the passage of this terrible gorge will never be forgotten . " Here is ...
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... close com- pany , the latter at times squeezing its bulk through such amazingly narrow chinks that the tour de force of the bibli- cal camel sinks by comparison to the level of mere vulgar jugglery . Two hun- dred and fifty miles of ...
... close com- pany , the latter at times squeezing its bulk through such amazingly narrow chinks that the tour de force of the bibli- cal camel sinks by comparison to the level of mere vulgar jugglery . Two hun- dred and fifty miles of ...
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... close an observer as yourself could not have failed to notice them . " I laughed , discerning in the words an understanding of our relationship . " Mary is perfect , " he repeated reflectively , " yes , perfect . honest , tender- " Yes ...
... close an observer as yourself could not have failed to notice them . " I laughed , discerning in the words an understanding of our relationship . " Mary is perfect , " he repeated reflectively , " yes , perfect . honest , tender- " Yes ...
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Page 237 - ... thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 239 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 219 - O mother Ida, many-fountain'd Ida, Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. For now the noonday quiet holds the hill: The grasshopper is silent in the grass : The lizard, with his shadow on the stone, Rests like a shadow, and the winds are dead.
Page 567 - That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light: Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight: Nor wintry leaves nor vernal, Nor days nor things diurnal; Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night.
Page 239 - Firdaus rue zamtn ast — hamin ast to, hamin ast to, hamin ast (If there is a paradise on earth it is this, it is this, it is this).
Page 231 - With the preparation and maintenance of schemes of offensive and defensive operations ; the collection and distribution of information relating to the military geography, resources, and armed forces of foreign countries, and of the British Colonies and possessions.
Page 138 - I had thought of the Lycidas as of a full-grown beauty — as springing up with all its parts absolute — till, in an evil hour, I was shown the original copy of it, together with the other minor poems of its author, in the library of Trinity, kept like some treasure, to be proud of. I wish they had thrown them in the Cam, or sent them after the latter Cantos of Spenser, into the Irish Channel. How it staggered me to see the fine things in their...
Page 233 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 240 - The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad; it stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. It was surmounted by a canopy of gold, supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald.
Page 240 - Bordeaux, who, after defrauding several of the Princes " of Europe by means of false gems which he fabricated with " great skill, sought refuge at the court of Shah Jehan, " where he made his fortune and was in high favour with