The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37Century Company, 1889 - Literature |
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Page 55
... possible adieux , he rapidly turned his steps in the direc- tion of Tremont street , not once looking back- ward . Who can describe his thoughts , if " thoughts " those formless , void sensations that filled his brain could be called ...
... possible adieux , he rapidly turned his steps in the direc- tion of Tremont street , not once looking back- ward . Who can describe his thoughts , if " thoughts " those formless , void sensations that filled his brain could be called ...
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... possible when that ideal was one of art , but which is no longer possible since nature has been recognized as the standard ; because if any one be capable of enthusiasm over nature , it is not on the copy that that enthusiasm will ...
... possible when that ideal was one of art , but which is no longer possible since nature has been recognized as the standard ; because if any one be capable of enthusiasm over nature , it is not on the copy that that enthusiasm will ...
Page 58
... possible to render early Italian art popular in America , and so to employ it in the furtherance of general art education , nothing could be more useful than a series of reproductions , by the best wood - engravers of America , of the ...
... possible to render early Italian art popular in America , and so to employ it in the furtherance of general art education , nothing could be more useful than a series of reproductions , by the best wood - engravers of America , of the ...
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... possible , in the perfection in which the Greeks possessed it , in minds whose serene enjoyment of the external world was undis- turbed by moral struggles and painful ques- tionings as to the relations of this life with another , such ...
... possible , in the perfection in which the Greeks possessed it , in minds whose serene enjoyment of the external world was undis- turbed by moral struggles and painful ques- tionings as to the relations of this life with another , such ...
Page 64
... possible that the development of the art of painting un- der Zeuxis was worthy of the sculpture of the period , we have no indication of the fact ; but , on the contrary , the legends preserved to us indicate that his great successes ...
... possible that the development of the art of painting un- der Zeuxis was worthy of the sculpture of the period , we have no indication of the fact ; but , on the contrary , the legends preserved to us indicate that his great successes ...
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Page 413 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 50 - The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire...
Page 286 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 410 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 413 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 394 - And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Page 25 - I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Page 409 - 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.
Page 396 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 267 - The depression of the public mind consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.