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...Preface: The First Volume of these Poems has already been submitted to general perusal. It was published, as an experiment which, I hoped, might be of some use to ascertain, how far, by fitting to metrical arrangement a selection of the real language of men in a state of vivid sensation, that sort of pleasure an...

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... I my self may be protected from the most dishonorable accusa tion which can be brought against an Author, namely, that of an indolence which preven... ... primary laws of our nature: chiefly as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Low and rustic life was genera... ...ation the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer an... ...nd to carry along with them a purpose. If in this opinion I am mistaken I can have little right to the name of a Poet. For all good poetry is the spo... ...ntemplating the relation of these general repre sentatives to each other, we discover what is really im portant to men, so by the repetition and con... ...gs connected with important subjects will be nourished, till at length, if we be originally possessed of much organic sensibility, such habits of mind... ... happy still Whene’er she thought of Stephen Hill. XII. And they had fix’d the wedding day, The morning that must wed them both; But Stephen... ...thus! I do not think she could. Some say, if to the pond you go, And fix on it a steady view, The shadow of a babe you trace, A baby and a b... ... And the Ship stood still also. The sun right up above the mast Had fix’d her to the ocean: But in a minute she ‘gan stir With a short un...

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...od must of necessity hold his vir- tue to you; whose worthiness would stir it up where it wanted rather than lack it where there is such abundance. CO... ...w sad a passage tis! whose skill was almost as great as his honesty; had it stretched so far, would have made nature immortal, and death should have... ...ations, madam, get from her tears. COUNTESS: Tis the best brine a maiden can season her praise in. The remembrance of her father never approaches h... ...mortal. BERTRAM: Madam, I desire your holy wishes. LAFEU: How understand we that? COUNTESS: Be thou blest, Bertram, and succeed thy father In mann... .... [Exit.] BERTRAM: [To HELENA] The best wishes that can be forged in your thoughts be servants to you! Be comfortable to my mo... ... when virtue s steely bones Look bleak i the cold wind: withal, full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly. PAROLLES: Save you, fair ... ...r in you: let me ask you a question. Man is enemy to virginity; how may we barricado it against him? PAROLLES: Keep him out. HELENA: But he assai... ... t a little, though there- fore I die a virgin. PAROLLES: There s little can be said in t; tis against the rule of nature. To speak on the part o... ...her love? The king s disease my project may deceive me, But my intents are fix d and will not leave me. [Exit.] SCENE II: Paris....

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...ormer occasion, declined giving the real source from which he drew the tragic subject of this history, because, though occurring at a distant period, it might possibly be unpleasing to the feelings of the descendants of the parties. But as he finds an account of the circumstances given in the Notes to Law?s Memorials, by his ingenious friend, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Es...

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...n, was taken from her bridegroom and harled through the house (by spirits, we are given to understand) and afterward died. Another daughter,” he says,... ...t easily reconcil- able to the family tradition. In all Stair’s offspriung we no difference know, They do the females as the males bestow; So he of on... ...vity, is desir- ous to know what had changed so gay a scene into mourning. We preserve the reply of the servant as a specimen of Mr. Symson’s verses, ... ...d I have mine; and, like the iron and earthen vessels in the old fable, we can scarce come into collision without my being the sufferer in every sense... ...y neglecting or condemning them, they will inflict no pain; and how seldom can they converse with those whose minds have toiled for their delight with... ...with Ovid only ex- presses in one line to retract in that which follows, I can ad- dress these quires— Parve, nec invideo, sine me, liber, ibis in urb... ...e winnow’d corn; So vague, so devious, at the breath of heaven, From their fix’d aim are mortal counsels driv’n. —Anonymous. WE LEFT Caleb Balderstone... ...pressed by our immortal Joanna Baillie: Thou sweetest thing, That e’er did fix its lightly-fibred sprays T o the rude rock, ah! wouldst thou cling to ... ...s if she listened, but returned not a single word in answer, continuing to fix her eyes on a small piece of embroi- dery on which, as if by instinct o...

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...rs as have never been seen, no, not in our own day; and a General, of whom it may be severely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest... ...eminently pleasing and pathetic, may properly be set down here. And though it may be said, with some considerable show of reason, that agreeably low a... ... hand, that these subjects have been described so fully, that nothing more can be said about them; on the third hand (allowing, for the sake of argume... ...ther;—though all these objections may be urged, and each is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless... ...with him round the neck of his patient, at the end of our and his history. We give the reader fair notice, that we shall tickle him with a few such sc... ..., flag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menace... ...lag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menaced o... ..., gave it me after Blenheim fight, for I had my own legs carried away by a can- non-ball, just as I cut down two of Sauerkrauter’s regiment, who had m... ...will not, we should think, fail to perceive how ingeniously she managed to fix all the wrong upon her husband, and yet to twist out some consolatory a...

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...ern Americans. As for Yoshida, I have already disclaimed respon- sibility; it was but my hand that held the pen. In truth, these are but the readings ... ...ts himself up to right the wrongs of universal history and criticism. Now, it is one thing to write with enjoyment on a subject while the story is hot... ...other business to put these writings coldly forth again in a bound volume. We are most of us attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural aff... ...attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural affections” of which we hear so much in youth; but few of us are alto- gether free from paralysi... ...ession, continually forced, may de- generate at length into a grimace; and we have at best some- thing of a caricature, at worst a calumny. Hence, if ... ...derground railroad could atone for slavery, even as no bills in Parliament can redeem the ancient wrongs of Ireland. But here at least is a new light ... ...e I regarded Villon as a bad fel- low. Others still think well of him, and can find beautiful and human traits where I saw nothing but artistic evil; ... ... that period was, to what a blank of imbecility the human mind had fallen, can only be known to those who have waded in the chronicles. Excepting Comi... ... to the binding nature of an oath; and surely, if ceremony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary ...

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... father served an apprenticeship. There my grandfather died and lies buried. We saw his grave stone in 1758. His eldest son Thomas lived in the house... ...p, viz.: Thomas, John, Ben jamin and Josiah. I will give you what account I can of them, at this distance from my papers, and if these are not lost i... ...anuary 6, old style, just four years to a day before I was born. The account we received of his life and character from some old people at Ecton, I re... ...sh that bounded part of the mill pond, on the edge of which, at high water, we used to stand to fish for minnows. By much trampling, we had made it a... ...as set before me, and so unobservant of it, that to this day if I am asked I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner what I dined upon. This has been... ..., etc., at their work, that he might observe my inclination, and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land. It has ever since been a pleasure ... ...under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took s... ...the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix’d in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love dis... ...you undisturbed in the pos session of your error. And by such a manner, you can seldom hope to recommend yourself in pleasing your hearers, or to per...

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.................................................... 260 A TALE OF SOCIETY AS IT IS: FROM FACTS, 1811 ...................................................... ...was done He stretched their hides over a craggy stone. 21. 21. 21. 21. 21. We mortals let an ox grow old, and then Cut it up after long consideration,... ...He checked his haughty will and did not eat, Though what it cost him words can scarce express, And every wish to put such morsels sweet ... ...ur tender body in a chain Inextricably tight, and fast as fate, Unless you can delude the God again, Even when within his arms—ah, runagate! ... ... _220 To spend our lives in this obscure abode. 29 29 29 29 29 ‘But we will leave this shadow-peopled cave And live among the Gods, and pass ea... ...away, Which if my father will not—natheless I, Who am the king of robbers, can but try. 30. 30. 30. 30. 30. ‘ And, if Latona’s son should find me out,... ...will breed Quickly enough to recompense our pain, If to the bulls and cows we take good heed;— And thou, though somewhat over fond of gain, Grudge me ... ... this good sword I will conceal in fire, and when I see It is alight, will fix it, burning yet, Within the socket of the Cyclops’ eye And melt it out ... ...p now is lying In the ashes yet undying. Come, Maron, come! Raging let him fix the doom, _620 Let him tear the...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Manfred, the lamp must be replenish?d, but even then It will not burn so long as I must watch. My slumbers -- if I slumber -- are not sleep, But a continuance of enduring thought, Which then I can resist not: in my heart There is a vigil, and these eyes but close To look within...

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...lery. – Time, Midnight. MANFRED. The lamp must be replenish’d, but even then It will not burn so long as I must watch. My slumbers – if I slumber – ar... ...slumber – are not sleep, But a continuance of enduring thought, Which then I can resist not: in my heart There is a vigil, and these eyes but close To... ...hich is within me; read it there– Ye know it, and I cannot utter it. SPIRIT. We can but give thee that which we possess: Ask of us subjects, sovereign... ...h is within me; read it there– Ye know it, and I cannot utter it. SPIRIT. We can but give thee that which we possess: Ask of us subjects, sovereignty,... ..., the whole, or portion, or a sign Which shall control the elements, whereof We are the dominators, each and all, These shall be thine. MANFRED. ... ...ch and all, These shall be thine. MANFRED. Oblivion, self oblivion Can ye not wring from out the hidden realms Ye offer so profusely what I ... ...ill; But thou mayst die. MANFRED. Will death bestow it on me? SPIRIT. We are immortal, and do not forget; We are eternal; and to us the past Is... ...he Arcadian Evocators to compel The indignant shadow to depose her wrath, Or fix her term of vengeance she replied In words of dubious import, but fu... ...it but in thought,– but die not thus. MANFRED. ‘T is over – my dull eyes can fix thee not; But all things swim around me, and the earth Heaves as it w...

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... Ethics looks forward to thee Politics. For Aristotle did not separate, as we are inclined to do, the spheres of the statesman and the moralist. In th... ...hists and the most complete and thor- ough educators. No private education can hold out against the irresistible force of public opinion and the ordin... ...curiously inept, reveals his own attitude admirably: “Let us remember that we should not disregard the experience of ages; in the multitude of years, ... ...ty state. In Books IV ., V ., and VI. the ideal state seems far away, and we find a dispassionate survey of imperfect states, the best ways of pre- s... ...t the state could be constructed and modelled to express the good life. We can appreciate Aristotle’s critical analysis of constitutions, but find it ... ...nk of the statesman as one who has knowledge of what ought to be done, and can help those who call him in to prescribe for them, rather than one who h... ...per for the legisla- tor to establish an equality of circumstances, but to fix a proper medium. Besides, if any one should regulate the divi- sion of ... ...e a regard to (for in placing the supreme power they all think it right to fix it to excellence, though not the same); but it is also agreeable to wha... ...voured to enumerate the different sorts of governments, which [1293b] they fix at four only, as does Plato in his Republic. An aristocracy, of which I...

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...Introduction: The Euthydemus, though apt to be regarded by us only as an elaborate jest, has also a very serious purpose. It may fairly claim to be the oldest treatise on logic; for that science originates in the misunderstandings which necessarily accompany the first efforts of speculation. Several of the fallacies which are satirized in it rea...

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...e regarded by us only as an elaborate jest, has also a very serious purpose. It may fairly claim to be the oldest treatise on logic; for that sci- enc... ...irst efforts of speculation. Several of the fallacies which are satirized in it reappear in the Sophistici Elenchi of Aristotle and are retained at th... ...hich arise in the pre-Socratic philosophy are trivial and obsolete be- cause we are no longer liable to fall into the errors which are expressed by th... ...pressed by them. The intellectual world has become better assured to us, and we are less likely to be imposed upon by illusions of words. The logic of... ...e different meanings of one and being are worked out in the Parmenides. Here we have most of the important elements of logic, not yet systematized or ... ...constantly springing up. But they are not of the kind to which ancient logic can be usefully ap- plied. The weapons of common sense, not the analytics... ...ds, which they are likewise willing to teach for a consideration. But they can also teach virtue in a very short time and in the very best manner. S... ...session of goods is not enough; there must also be a right use of them which can only be given by knowledge: in themselves they are neither good nor e... ...ly searching after the 9 Euthydemus art of life and happiness. At last they fix upon the kingly art, as having the desired sort of knowledge. But the...

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...e Paradise 3 I saw Beatrice turn’d, and on the sun Gazing, as never eagle fix’d his ken. As from the first a second beam is wont To issue, and refl... ...ss’d Into my fancy, mine was form’d; and straight, Beyond our mortal wont, I fix’d mine eyes Upon the sun. Much is allowed us there, That here exceeds... ...ho hath the power, Had with another sun bedeck’d the sky. Her eyes fast fix’d on the eternal wheels, Beatrice stood unmov’d; and I with ken Fix’d... ...hath greatest speed, Is turn’d: and thither now, as to our seat Predestin’d, we are carried by the force Of that strong cord, that never looses dart, ... ...pake me: “Gratefully direct thy mind To God, through whom to this first star we come.” Me seem’d as if a cloud had cover’d us, Translucent, solid... ...vers by what means God and our nature join’d! There will be seen That which we hold through faith, not shown by proof, But in itself intelligibly pla... ...rst believes. I answered: “Lady! I with thoughts devout, Such as I best can frame, give thanks to Him, Who hath remov’d me from the mortal world.... ...e his The Divine Comedy of Dante Paradise 13 To recompense, who sees and can reward thee. Well I discern, that by that truth alone Enlighten’d, be... ...at by that truth alone Enlighten’d, beyond which no truth may roam, Our mind can satisfy her thirst to know: Therein she resteth, e’en as in his lair ...

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...Excerpt: Are these the only works of Providence within us? What words suffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding, should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divine Power, both openly and in secret, and telling of His gracious gifts? Whether digging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn to God....

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...of Providence within us? What words suffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding, should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divin... ...elling of His gracious gifts? Whether digging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn to God: Great is God, for that He hath given us suc... ...er of swallowing and digesting; of unconsciously growing and breathing while we sleep! Thus should we ever have sung; yea and this, the grandest and d... ...to fill this place, and sing the hymn to God on behalf of all men? What else can I that am old and lame do but sing to God? Were I a nightingale, I sh... ...ow, since I am a reasonable being, I must sing to God: that is my work: I do it, nor will I desert this my post, as long as it is granted me to hold i... ...t only lay on the way thither. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus 3 Nay, but it is a proper place. And how many more of the sort there may be; only ... ... Tomorrow, my friend, I said, you will find an earthenware lamp; for a man can only lose what he has. XII XII XII XII XII The reason why I lost my ... ...e, received forti- tude? What care I, if I am great of heart, for aught that can come to pass? What shall cast me down or disturb me? What shall seem ... ...CXLII CXLII CXLII CXLII Ponder on this on these convictions, on these words: fix thine eyes on these examples, if thou wouldst be free, if thou hast t...

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...Excerpt: ?Dearest Meg, ?It isn?t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful--red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives tomorrow. From hall you ...

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... End, “Tuesday. “Dearest Meg, “It isn’t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether... ... “Tuesday. “Dearest Meg, “It isn’t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful—red brick. We ... ...we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful—red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Pau... ...nd little, and altogether delightful—red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives ... ... my host and host- ess. I only wanted to show that it isn’t the least what we expected. Why did we settle that their house would be all gables and wig... ...s, and their garden all gamboge-coloured paths? I believe simply be- cause we associate them with expensive hotels—Mrs. Wilcox trailing in beautiful d... ... Then she walked off the lawn to the meadow, whose cor- ner to the right I can just see. Trail, trail, went her long dress over the sopping grass, and... ...t they fall down in garlands, and nice and thin at the bottom, so that you can see ducks through it and a cow. These be- long to the farm, which is th... ...could help you. But I thought you wanted to be in town. One bit of advice: fix your district, then fix your price, and then don’t budge. 151 EM Forst...

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...Excerpt: This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy--or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove?s with your hand. My wife and I knew Captai...

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...r by Ford Madox Ford PART I I THIS IS THE SADDEST STORY I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with a... ...ham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things on... ...hs of an English heart. I had known the shallows. I don’t mean to say that we were not acquainted with many En- glish people. Living, as we perforce l... ...Where better could one take refuge? Where better? Permanence? Stability? I can’t believe it’s gone. I can’t believe that that long, tranquil life, whi... ...temperate sunshine, or, if it rained, in discreet shelters. No, indeed, it can’t be gone. You can’t kill a minuet de la cour. You may shut up the musi... ...igar before going to bed. I don’t, you understand, blame Florence. But how can she have known what she knew? How could she have got to know it? To kno... ...poor wretch! to think that he was at that moment in a per- fect devil of a fix, and there he was, saying at the back of his mind: “It might just be do... ...d hole in a fortune of a hundred thousand pounds or so. And Leonora had to fix things up; he would have run from money-lender 37 Ford Madox Ford to m... ... her gay reception of that pair. She could play up. And that enables me to fix exactly the day of our going to the town of M——. For it was the very da...

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...what Aristotle calls in one place the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author?s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The two parts of this treatise are mutually complementary, but in ...

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...re frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author’s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity,... ...n the two works is far from obvious, and has been much de- bated. Not much can be gathered from their titles, which in any case were not given to them... ...nd from their connection with the existence and life of the city or state. We have thus to regard the Ethics as dealing with one group of problems and... ...o the abstract or isolated indi- vidual, but has always thought of him, or we might say, in his social and political context, with a given nature due ... ...him he has studied the nature and formation of his charac- ter—all that he can make himself or be made by others to be. Especially he has investigated... ...t organisation of social or political forces, by what laws or institutions can we best secure the greatest amount of good character? We must, however,... ...d and Hector for example. The latter says, “Polydamas will be the first to fix Disgrace upon me.” Diomed again, “For Hector surely will hereafter say,... ...ence Philoso- 168 The Ethics of Aristotle pher, since he it is who has to fix the Master-End which is to guide us in dominating any object absolutely... ...ive so and so for that specific thing. The question then arises, who is to fix the rate? the man 200 The Ethics of Aristotle who first gives, or the ...

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...scribe your name at the head of this book, and above its dedi- cation; for it is to you, before all, that I owe its publication. Reading over your mag... ...Reading over your magnificent defence, my work has acquired for myself, as it were, an unexpected authority. Accept, then, here, the homage of my grat... ...sers, drawn tight by braces, He wore stout, ill-cleaned, hob-nailed boots. We began repeating the lesson. He listened with all his ears, as attentive ... ...master was obliged to tell him to fall into line with the rest of us. When we came back to work, we were in the habit of throw- ing our caps on the gr... ...it of throw- ing our caps on the ground so as to have our hands more free; we used from the door to toss them under the form, so that they hit against... ... were over. It was one of those head-gears of composite order, in which we can find traces of the bearskin, shako, billycock hat, sealskin cap, and co... ...eart, I’ll open wide the outer shutter of the window against the wall; you can see it from the back by leaning over the hedge.” And he went off. Charl... ...Marquis, anx- ious to re-enter political life, set about preparing for his can- didature to the Chamber of Deputies long beforehand. In the winter he ... ...at the flags of the floor. “Now,” said the chemist, “you ought yourself to fix the hour for the ceremony.” “Why? What ceremony?” Then, in a stammering...

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...ath, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place. For the present I will only say that this ?landowner?--for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own estate--was a strange type, yet one pretty frequently to be met with, a type abject and vicious and at the same time senseless. But he was one of thos...

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...proper place. For the present I will only say that this “landowner”—for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own ... ... found in the last, could have married such a worthless, puny weakling, as we all called him, I won’ t attempt to explain. I knew a young lady of the ... ... and the despotism of her family. And a pliable imagination persuaded her, we must suppose, for a brief moment, that Fyodor Pavlovitch, in spite of hi... ...oo. 6 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Chapter 2 He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son YOU CAN EASILY IMAGINE what a father such a man could be and how he would bring... ...he has got money enough to go abroad now. What does he want here? Everyone can see that he hasn’t come for money, for his father would never give him ... ...ive him any. He has no taste for drink and dissipation, and yet his father can ’ t do with- out him. They get on so well together!” That was the truth... ...perate need of money. Only let me know it’s serious, and I’ll run over and fix it up. I’ll snatch the time somehow. But what’s the good of my gallopin... ...t always on such occasions he would get up and go away. Sometimes he would fix a long piercing look upon me, and I thought, “He will say something dir... ...aims that the prisoner pointed to Smerdyakov because he had no one else to fix on, that had there been a sixth person, even a phantom of a sixth perso...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Princess Shtcherbatskaya considered that it was out of the question for the wedding to take place before Lent, just five weeks off, since not half the trousseau could possibly be ready by that time. But she could not but agree with Levin that to fix it for after Len...

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...tance Garnett Part Five Chapter 1 Princess Shtcherbatskaya considered that it was out of the question for the wedding to take place before Lent, just ... ...ibly be ready by that time. But she could not but agree with Levin that to fix it for after Lent would be putting it off too late, as an old aunt of P... ... be ready by that time. But she could not but agree with Levin that to fix it for after Lent would be putting it off too late, as an old aunt of Princ... ...hing. “Do what you choose, if it amuses you. I’m happy, and my happi- ness can be no greater and no less for anything you do,” he thought. When he tol... ...ou a certificate of having been at confession?” “No. But what of it?” “You can’t be married without it.” “Aie, aie, aie!” cried Levin. “Why, I believe... ...oad, Vladimirsky accent: “Doubt is natural to the weakness of mankind, but we must pray that God in His mercy will strengthen us. What are your specia... ...id not, it seemed, make much impression on the priest. “What sort of doubt can there be of the existence of God?” he said hurriedly, with a just perce... ...nd prayed to God to strengthen their faith. The devil has great power, and we must resist him. Pray to God, beseech Him. Pray to God,” he repeated hur... ...elf in despair. “I’ll go to her; I’ll ask her; I’ll say for the last time: we are free, and hadn’t we better stay so? Anything’s better than endless m...

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...de a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent....

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...t a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can un- derstand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all ... ...stand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent. Of the works of this... ...rated must corre- spond to something in me to be credible or intelligible. We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr ... ...r; must fasten these im- ages to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly. What befell Asdrubal or Caesar Borgia is as... ...nd the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac, so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon, Alcibi... ... things. Human life, as containing this, is mysterious and inviolable, and we hedge it round with penalties and laws. All laws derive hence their ulti... ...nd and with what sweet- ness of temper he can, and inquire how fast he can fix his sense of duty, braving such penalties, whenever it may please the n... ...etoric in the hands of the orator and the poet. This rhetoric, or power to fix the momentary eminency of an object,—so remarkable in Burke, in Byron, ... ...tion of gifts in my countrymen which I seek, neither could I aid myself to fix the idea of the poet by reading now and then in Chalmers’s collection o...