The Anglo-American Magazine, Volumen5Anglo-American Publishing Company, 1901 |
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... LITERARY FIRMAMENT : Such are or were - Lew Wallace , Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe , Henry Sienkiewicz , R. L. Stevenson , " Lewis Carroll , " Eugene Sue , and Victor Hugo ; and , shall we include among these the name of - Winston ...
... LITERARY FIRMAMENT : Such are or were - Lew Wallace , Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe , Henry Sienkiewicz , R. L. Stevenson , " Lewis Carroll , " Eugene Sue , and Victor Hugo ; and , shall we include among these the name of - Winston ...
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... cause , and to kindle and awaken the public conscience ; and whose books were almost invariably , each of its kind and in its essence , masterpieces of literary perfection and of truthful , vivid por- The Old and the New 17.
... cause , and to kindle and awaken the public conscience ; and whose books were almost invariably , each of its kind and in its essence , masterpieces of literary perfection and of truthful , vivid por- The Old and the New 17.
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... literary innovators and adventurers , since it is too like being invited to a feast of herbs and curds to be pestered into a perusal of the sentimental rubbish and mock - heroics which mostly go to the compound of modern fictional ...
... literary innovators and adventurers , since it is too like being invited to a feast of herbs and curds to be pestered into a perusal of the sentimental rubbish and mock - heroics which mostly go to the compound of modern fictional ...
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... literary sources and mediums avail to that end and influence one's mind and character - in effect , if you are in search of pearls and precious gems , not of plaster and gilt ; of silk , not fustian ; of tweed , not shoddy - then go ...
... literary sources and mediums avail to that end and influence one's mind and character - in effect , if you are in search of pearls and precious gems , not of plaster and gilt ; of silk , not fustian ; of tweed , not shoddy - then go ...
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... literary channels , or , in a word , to take less papers , to draw fewer novels from our circulating libraries , and in place of these to buy and really read books and magazines of a worthier and more improv- ing kind and order ...
... literary channels , or , in a word , to take less papers , to draw fewer novels from our circulating libraries , and in place of these to buy and really read books and magazines of a worthier and more improv- ing kind and order ...
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Página 285 - For fourteen years I have not had a day's real health ; I have wakened sick and gone to bed weary ; and I have done my work unflinchingly. I have written in bed, and written out of it, written in hemorrhages, written in sickness, written torn by coughing, written when my head swam for weakness, and for so long it seems to me I have won my wager and recovered my glove.
Página 389 - No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and reread, and loved, and loved again ; and marked...
Página 219 - In the youth of a state, arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together for a time; in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise.
Página 1 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 195 - And if it was so, I should never feel disappointed, for I know by the love aunt Adelaide bears me, how fond she is of children.
Página 419 - ... foreign drug, and it is expelling it, and when we have only the native production to deal with, and thus have the business in our own hands, we hope to stop the habit in our own way. Your missionaries have everywhere been teaching good lessons, and benevolently opening hospitals and dispensing medicine for the relief of the sick and the afflicted, but wherever they go trouble goes with them, and instead of the welcome their good intentions merit, localities and officials turn against them...
Página 185 - AN age too great for thought of ours to scan, A wave upon the sleepless sea of time That sinks and sleeps for ever, ere the chime Pass that salutes with blessing, not with ban, The dark year dead, the bright year born for man, Dies : all its days that watched man cower and climb, Frail as the foam, and as the sun sublime, Sleep sound as they that slept ere these began. Our mother earth, whose ages none may tell, Puts on no change : time bids not her wax pale Or kindle, quenched or quickened, when...
Página 419 - Your people are everywhere extraterritorialized ; but, instead of a grateful return for this ill-advised stipulation, they appear to act as if there were no laws in China, and this encourages native lawlessness and makes constant difficulties for every native official. You have demanded and obtained the privilege of trading from port to port on the coast, and now you want the inland waters thrown open to your steamers. Your newspapers vilify our officials and Government, and, translated into Chinese,...
Página 195 - I said. After some moments the Princess resumed, ' Now, many a child would boast, but they don't know the difficulty. There is much splendour, but there is more responsibility.' The Princess having lifted up the forefinger of her right hand while she spoke, gave me that little hand, saying, ' I will be good. I understand now, why you urged me so much to learn, even Latin.
Página 97 - Let four men make a tour in Europe. One will bring home only picturesque impressions — costumes and colors, parks and views and works of architecture, pictures and statues. To another all this will be non-existent; and distances and prices, populations and drainage-arrangements, door- and window-fastenings, and other useful statistics will take their place.