The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Volume 46M. Bailey, 1906 |
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... village of Long Compton on the other side , out popped an old witch , as wicked as a thorn - bush , with the cry : " If Long Compton thou canst see , King of England thou shalt be . " On bounded the chief - what were seven steps to ...
... village of Long Compton on the other side , out popped an old witch , as wicked as a thorn - bush , with the cry : " If Long Compton thou canst see , King of England thou shalt be . " On bounded the chief - what were seven steps to ...
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... village of Broad- way , beloved of artists , detained us for a little , and at Eve- sham , even more attractive with its beautiful bell - tower , its Norman gateway and cloister arch - lovely relics of its . ruined abbey - and with its ...
... village of Broad- way , beloved of artists , detained us for a little , and at Eve- sham , even more attractive with its beautiful bell - tower , its Norman gateway and cloister arch - lovely relics of its . ruined abbey - and with its ...
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... village spires , picturesque cottages , glimpses of stately manor - houses - everything finished , well - kept , beau- tiful - one continuous park . What a contrast with the waste lands , neglected buildings , hopeless highways ...
... village spires , picturesque cottages , glimpses of stately manor - houses - everything finished , well - kept , beau- tiful - one continuous park . What a contrast with the waste lands , neglected buildings , hopeless highways ...
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... village of Bowness with its tavern and shops and village church , out along the shores of Winder- mere , which brought Chautauqua Lake to the minds of the travelers just as Chautauqua often recalls Windermere to British visitors ...
... village of Bowness with its tavern and shops and village church , out along the shores of Winder- mere , which brought Chautauqua Lake to the minds of the travelers just as Chautauqua often recalls Windermere to British visitors ...
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... village of Bournville twelve years ago . Bournville , which is situated in the north- east corner of Worcestershire , is as everyone knows , the home of the great cocoa works of Cadbury Bros. , Ltd. , which were moved from Birmingham ...
... village of Bournville twelve years ago . Bournville , which is situated in the north- east corner of Worcestershire , is as everyone knows , the home of the great cocoa works of Cadbury Bros. , Ltd. , which were moved from Birmingham ...
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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.