The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Volume 46M. Bailey, 1906 |
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... once full of the activities of those wool - merchants commemorated by quaint brasses in the splendid church - brasses which show them snugly at rest in their furred gowns , with feet comfortably planted on stuffed woolpack or the fleecy ...
... once full of the activities of those wool - merchants commemorated by quaint brasses in the splendid church - brasses which show them snugly at rest in their furred gowns , with feet comfortably planted on stuffed woolpack or the fleecy ...
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... once formed a cromlech and may have been originally covered with a mound . They are some quar- ter of a mile behind the circle , a bad quarter of a mile I found it as I struggled across the rugged moor knee - deep in rank clover and ...
... once formed a cromlech and may have been originally covered with a mound . They are some quar- ter of a mile behind the circle , a bad quarter of a mile I found it as I struggled across the rugged moor knee - deep in rank clover and ...
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... once so frequent passengers , the Flemish merchants with their trains of sumpter mules and pack - horses , bound for Chipping Campden or some other market where wool might be " cheapened " in the way of bargaining , for by Shake ...
... once so frequent passengers , the Flemish merchants with their trains of sumpter mules and pack - horses , bound for Chipping Campden or some other market where wool might be " cheapened " in the way of bargaining , for by Shake ...
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... once belonged St. Mary Hall , where Sir Thomas More studied , -a wag of a student he must have been ! -and now , after an independence of five hundred years , it is part of Oriel again . Queen's , named in honor of Philippa , the ...
... once belonged St. Mary Hall , where Sir Thomas More studied , -a wag of a student he must have been ! -and now , after an independence of five hundred years , it is part of Oriel again . Queen's , named in honor of Philippa , the ...
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... once held by academic buildings of the elder faith . Only Corpus Christi , where Cardinal Pole and Bishop Hooker studied to such different ends , although it is , as its name indicates , of Catholic origin , rose on fresh soil and broke ...
... once held by academic buildings of the elder faith . Only Corpus Christi , where Cardinal Pole and Bishop Hooker studied to such different ends , although it is , as its name indicates , of Catholic origin , rose on fresh soil and broke ...
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Page 320 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 259 - But now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou seest — if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) — To the island-valley of Avilion ; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly ; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 153 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save. Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 192 - The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting. The dust and stones of the street were as precious as gold : the gates were at first the end of the world.
Page 111 - will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret and Rosalys. "Circlewise sit they, with bound locks And foreheads garlanded; "° Into the fine cloth white like flame Weaving the golden thread, To fashion the birth-robes for them Who are just born, being dead.
Page 293 - I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Page 117 - She ceased. The light thrilled towards her, fill'd With angels in strong level flight. Her eyes prayed, and she smil'd. (I saw her smile.) But soon their path Was vague in distant spheres : And then she cast her arms along The golden barriers, And laid her face between her hands, And wept. (I heard her tears.) LOVE'S NOCTURN.
Page 192 - And young men glittering and sparkling Angels, and maids strange 'seraphic pieces of life and beauty ! Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving jewels. I knew not that they were born or should die ; But all things abided eternally as they were in their proper places.
Page 219 - The untimely labour of the night, and the protracted labour of the day, with respect to children, not only tends to diminish future expectations as to the general sum of life and industry, by impairing the strength and destroying the vital stamina of the rising generation, but it too often gives encouragement to idleness, extravagance and profligacy in the parents, who, contrary to the order of nature, subsist by the oppression of their offspring.
Page 7 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.