The University Magazine, Volume 4Hurst & Blackett, 1879 |
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Page 15
... eyes . The horror which she expressed was scenic . She was what many people would consider a very handsome old lady , but her face assumed an appearance that was quite gorgonesque . It is so very improving to watch elderly females under ...
... eyes . The horror which she expressed was scenic . She was what many people would consider a very handsome old lady , but her face assumed an appearance that was quite gorgonesque . It is so very improving to watch elderly females under ...
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... eye , and an expression which must be described as sinister . The effect was perhaps produced , at all events it was heightened , by his practice of casting downward and aside his eyes when anyone sought his glance . The movement was ...
... eye , and an expression which must be described as sinister . The effect was perhaps produced , at all events it was heightened , by his practice of casting downward and aside his eyes when anyone sought his glance . The movement was ...
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... eyes of the Greek were dark and flat ; those of the duke were a pale , watery grey , round , and very prominent . The grizzled hair and beard of the former had a foundation of black . The hair of the duke was of a light , sandy colour ...
... eyes of the Greek were dark and flat ; those of the duke were a pale , watery grey , round , and very prominent . The grizzled hair and beard of the former had a foundation of black . The hair of the duke was of a light , sandy colour ...
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... eyes fixed on Guy with an intent stare that almost mesmerised the young man , and his lips sputter- ing at the words travailler pour Roi de Prusse , a slight interruption brought him to , as if he had been shot . A door , not the one by ...
... eyes fixed on Guy with an intent stare that almost mesmerised the young man , and his lips sputter- ing at the words travailler pour Roi de Prusse , a slight interruption brought him to , as if he had been shot . A door , not the one by ...
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... sallow cheeks like the whiskers of a cat , with small , dead , introverted eyes , not squinting , but seeming to look inwards , instead of outwards- looked as if not all the fires of Etna could 26 [ July , Over the Threshold .
... sallow cheeks like the whiskers of a cat , with small , dead , introverted eyes , not squinting , but seeming to look inwards , instead of outwards- looked as if not all the fires of Etna could 26 [ July , Over the Threshold .
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Page 625 - It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook, In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 185 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 530 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 648 - And there came a fear on all : and they glorified God, saying. That a great prophet is risen up among us ; and. That God hath visited his people.
Page 536 - Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Page 57 - Be it not seen in either of our brows, That we one jot of former love retain! Now at the last gasp of Love's latest breath, When, his pulse failing, Passion speechless lies ; "> When Faith is kneeling by his bed of death...
Page 447 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 417 - I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow...
Page 144 - Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind...
Page 129 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman...