The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 106Atlantic Monthly Company, 1910 - American essays |
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... heart disease , and Bright's disease , has been doubled within recent years . The ancient physicians believed that the arteries contained air ; that , indeed , is the meaning of the word artery . Ga- len proved that they contained blood ...
... heart disease , and Bright's disease , has been doubled within recent years . The ancient physicians believed that the arteries contained air ; that , indeed , is the meaning of the word artery . Ga- len proved that they contained blood ...
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... heart itself ; wounds of that most important of all organs have been sut- ured , hitherto , to be sure , with only partial success ; however , we may just- ly expect to perfect this operation , by This brings me to the present centre of ...
... heart itself ; wounds of that most important of all organs have been sut- ured , hitherto , to be sure , with only partial success ; however , we may just- ly expect to perfect this operation , by This brings me to the present centre of ...
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... heart was beating like a lover's as I passed it on the way to the door of Mrs. Todd's house , which seemed to have become much smaller under the influence of winter weather . ' She hasn't gone away ? ' I asked Johnny Bowden with a ...
... heart was beating like a lover's as I passed it on the way to the door of Mrs. Todd's house , which seemed to have become much smaller under the influence of winter weather . ' She hasn't gone away ? ' I asked Johnny Bowden with a ...
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... heart , and then , still silent , we went into the house to- gether . The lamb had stopped bleating . It was lovely to see Esther carry it in her arms . When we got into the house , all the repression of Mrs. Todd's usual man- ner was ...
... heart , and then , still silent , we went into the house to- gether . The lamb had stopped bleating . It was lovely to see Esther carry it in her arms . When we got into the house , all the repression of Mrs. Todd's usual man- ner was ...
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... heart , of breeding and edu- cation and association , which go to the making of what we call a gentle- man . The element of charm , scarcely less than the elements of energy , in- tegrity , and penetration , is a prime in- gredient ...
... heart , of breeding and edu- cation and association , which go to the making of what we call a gentle- man . The element of charm , scarcely less than the elements of energy , in- tegrity , and penetration , is a prime in- gredient ...
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Page 126 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves ; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, When he comes back : you demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms...
Page 276 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Page 56 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 179 - ... a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Page 92 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 332 - Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads - you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...
Page 56 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations, upon every opportunity, as may lead and draw them in willing obedience, inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue, stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...
Page 186 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 182 - Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare to make it known.
Page 92 - O reform it altogether, and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them, for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered; that's villanous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.