The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 44Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1892 - American literature |
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Page 211
... Summercamp , " Mr. Norrisson posted Philip , in the library , where they met before dinner . " She is a very pretty girl , though , I suspect , a trifle spoiled . The Summercamps have had hard luck with their children- this is the last ...
... Summercamp , " Mr. Norrisson posted Philip , in the library , where they met before dinner . " She is a very pretty girl , though , I suspect , a trifle spoiled . The Summercamps have had hard luck with their children- this is the last ...
Page 212
... Summercamp as “ papa , ” in a style of easy comradeship , and Miss Summercamp openly guyed her mother with fond impertinence , as if they were girls of one age . She was a pretty little coquette , with large eyes , deceptively sol- emn ...
... Summercamp as “ papa , ” in a style of easy comradeship , and Miss Summercamp openly guyed her mother with fond impertinence , as if they were girls of one age . She was a pretty little coquette , with large eyes , deceptively sol- emn ...
Page 214
... Summercamp had caught sight of Alan picturesquely engaged in fishing from the rocks , a boyish pretense for the sake of seeing and being seen of a very striking young lady visi- tor , strolling with her friends on the sands be- low . As ...
... Summercamp had caught sight of Alan picturesquely engaged in fishing from the rocks , a boyish pretense for the sake of seeing and being seen of a very striking young lady visi- tor , strolling with her friends on the sands be- low . As ...
Page 215
... Summercamp objected ; " brothers are never so consistently bad . " " You have dubbed me ; I am merely the creature of your fancy . " Miss Summercamp went through the gate alone , leaving it open , however , on the chance of Philip's ...
... Summercamp objected ; " brothers are never so consistently bad . " " You have dubbed me ; I am merely the creature of your fancy . " Miss Summercamp went through the gate alone , leaving it open , however , on the chance of Philip's ...
Page 216
... Summercamp had caught at the first fancy that crossed her to characterize the figure of Dolly sitting alone in the green light of the arbor , her face half - hidden in her spreading hair . There came no answer to this invitation ; but ...
... Summercamp had caught at the first fancy that crossed her to characterize the figure of Dolly sitting alone in the green light of the arbor , her face half - hidden in her spreading hair . There came no answer to this invitation ; but ...
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Page 144 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 185 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 181 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 470 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty...
Page 182 - I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side...
Page 610 - But I have sinuous shells, of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed In the sun's palace porch; where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens, then apply Its polished lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.
Page 469 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee. tea and hides, raw and uncurcd. or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States...
Page 203 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 186 - IF thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven, Then, to the measure of that heaven-born light, Shine, Poet ! in thy place, and be content : — The stars pre-eminent in magnitude, And they that from the zenith dart their beams, (Visible though they be to half the earth, Though half a sphere be conscious of their brightness) Are yet of no diviner origin, No purer essence, than the one that burns, Like an untended watch-fire on the ridge...
Page 369 - All passes. ART alone Enduring stays to us ; The Bust out-lasts the throne, The Coin, Tiberius ; Even the gods must go ; Only the lofty Rhyme Not countless years o'erthrow,— Not long array of time.