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... all contemptible, and may be guided by the grossest flattery. Kings are worse; and perhaips the class of mankind of whom he speaks with the sincerest respect are the Jesuits, for the very reason that he fully accepts the popular view of their character ...

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... contrive to live pleasantl withOios being iii bondafge to any syrtIans of arslperllao waists. Theyhave no furrriitsire to' speak of. But tisir moat rensuon articles in sours fashiotn rnuwt lieatip with beauty. This is thet featerrog which first strike~s ...

THE BAVARIAN PASSION PLAY

... inner theatre just as its cur- tain rises. We have a scene represented, wherein the IProphet of God is receiving a blow for speaking the truth to Ahab. This is typical of the treatment of Christ before the High Priest. The figures in the tableau remain n ...

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... take to me, and d I understand them, and can be friendly with them: seine d old acquaintances, too, I can even love, so to speak. d I expressed my surprise at this, as really Sir Walter Scott .t always seemed so playful, good-tempered, and mild, that ...

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... remarked one of the gentlemen present (he was the brother of the agitated lady, and therefore in soeie sort privileged to speak his mind). The idea of leaving valuable jewels on your dressing-table in an hotel!' l But the door was locked, you heard ...

THE BISHOP OF RIPON ON CHURCH MUSIC

... was years ago o find whole congregations joining together in his most delightful and profitable part of public worship. In speaking upon the abuses and dangers to be avoided, he said one was the mere gratification of taste; another the mere display of self; ...

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... seen for some time, and who had never previously visited that part of the country. During luncheon, the rector happened to speak in commendation of an organ which had been recently placed in his church, upon which the visitor, Br. S., himself a skilful ...

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... through it. A hlorse may shy from fear', frot defectivo sight, or ir twilight; if you whip hire, you frighton him still more. Speak encouragingly, and let him comne slowly to the object, that he may find out whlat it is, and so gain courage. Wthen a horse ...

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... marry the General he will obtain for him the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the army of Italy. Yesterday, Bonaparte, speaking to me of this favour, which has already caused some jealousy among his com- panions in arms, although it is not yet granted ...

LITERATURE

... help to the acquisition of music than any eda-c. tional wvolk with the same object that has yet beou published, Generally speaking, the system laid down by 'r. Maynard is the copying of esercises and subsequently the writing of the exercises from memory ...

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... comfort the brain and heart, and assist digestion. Barton, PC in in his Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621, in the same reignD di speaks of Turkish coffee-houses. la 1632 Sir Usury w Blaunt, who wrote a book of travels in the Levant, men- hi tions Turkish coffee ...

A SOLDIER'S STORY

... homeo to Lorraine. How my heart beat as I le, Welked into the village! 1 saw the cur6 coming uip the stioet, he stopped to speak to an old woman, saucd with her Jir' was a very leretty girl, just about eighteen. 0s. I went uip to him, Mon pare, said ...