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...ng purport, I will suppress; extracting only the follow- ing fractions, as luminous or slightly significant to us:] “Now see the difference of Teufels... ...rer to the eye, stood up as a great black mass,—a funereal contrast to the luminous tabernacle. 151 Thomas Carlyle “While I was looking at this latte... ... this. But of the true and perfect Drama it may be said, as of even higher mysteries, Who is sufficient for these things?”—On this Tragedy of Straffor... ...hich render the inner life of it (and of England and the world through it) luminously transparent, so to speak;—of which opportu- nity our friend and ...
... period were the sovereigns of the world more eager for the study of these mysteries. The Fuggers of Augsburg, in whom all modern Luculluses will reco... ...g. Materialism is the outcome of Indian doctrines, transmitted through the mysteries of Isis to Chaldea and Egypt, and brought to Greece by Pythagoras... ...wn period of the world. “What are fifty gen- erations for the study of the mysteries of life?” said the Comte de Saint-Germain. 275 Balzac PART III I... ...hat souls have been found weak enough, or strong enough, to believe in the mysteries of magic and in the power of demons. For myself, until I am bette... ...rand Shade of Catherine rise before me. I felt myself, instinctively, in a luminous sphere, and my eyes, fastened upon the queen with intolerable fixi...
...the temple! Hast thou dared to look even thus far?’ said Kim. ‘I must do mysteries before fools; but have a care for thine eyes. Is there a film be... ...ed Saddhu, his swollen eyes–opium takes quick effect on an empty stom ach–luminous with insolence and bestial lust, his legs crossed under him, Kim’s... ...n. Hurree Babu replied that he was no more than an inexpert dabbler in the mysteries; but at least – he thanked the Gods therefore–he knew when he sat...
...ds of its web, she read men minutely, from the fact that they were neither mysteries nor terrors to her; but creatures of importunate appetites, humor... ...d told him profitable facts concerning his condi- tion; besides throwing a luminous ray on the arcane of our elusive youthful. If they have no stout z... ...uld be surer that she had her wits. She had come to see things, previously mysteries, with sur- prising clearness. As, for example, that passion was p...
...particuliere. How changed for Marat; lifted from his dark cellar into this luminous ‘peculiar tribune!’ All dogs have their day; even rabid dogs. Sor... ...here was an Unnameable; she too was a Daughter of the Infinite; there were mysteries which Philosophism had not dreamt of!—She left long written couns... ...lity having provided no food, no condi- ment, but left it to chance. Other mysteries, seemingly of a Cabiric or even Paphian character, we heave under...
...ny’s voice cast into the heart of her octogenarian blind sister a music as luminous and as cheerful as that ray of sunlight. Soon the ray took on the ... ...d excep- tions to this rule. Certainly Claude Vignon presents a variety of mysteries to be solved. In the first place, he is very simple and very wily... ...u so much while thinking of you day and night that I have pen- etrated the mysteries of your being, the secrets of your heart, and your delicacy, so l... ... to the eyes of another woman. T oo much reserve or too little; a free and luminous look; the mysterious lowering of eyelids,—all betray, at that sudd...
... Cossacque, O’er whom Suwarrow shone like a gas lamp, Presaging a most luminous attack; Or like a wisp along the marsh so damp, Which lead... ... within Your heart joins chorus, Fame is but a din. Oh! ye great authors luminous, voluminous! Ye twice ten hundred thousand daily scribes! ... ...no means sinister— That few or none more than himself had caught Court mysteries, having been himself a minister: He liked to teach that which... ...ke things upon trust. I do not speak profanely, to recall Those holier mysteries which the wise and just Receive as gospel, and which grow mor...
...nd beautiful. It is a fine sight to see the evening sunlight suddenly strike the leafy declivity at the Castle’s base and dash up it and drench it as ... ...he verge of one of those tremendous overhanging walls, whence they plunged, a shaft of silver, shivered to atoms in mid-descent and turned to an air p... ...f, in this presence, it is the glory flowing from the hidden head of the Creator.” One falls shorter of the truth than that, sometimes, in trying to e... ... unpracticed writer or a cloudy intellect, whereas with the Germans it is doubtless the mark and sign of a practiced pen and of the presence of that s...
...62. A shovel of his ashes took From the hearth’s obscurest nook, Muttering mysteries as she went. Helen and Henry knew that Granny Was as much afraid ... ...ir, Like stars when the moon is awakened, were, Or the waves of Baiae, ere luminous She floats up through the smoke of Vesuvius. And on the fourth, th...
...d the man might lose itself and never find either warmth or motion. Fixed, luminous, and rigid, those eyes terrified whoever gazed into them. The sing... ...na (allied to the deepest 108 An Historical Mystery and most impenetrable mysteries), would have found its so- lution. The Revolution had deepened th...
...yphoon, according to a famous meteorologist, would have passed away like a luminous cascade of electric flame; but in the winter equi- nox it was to b... ...d that he invited all who were desirous of being instructed concerning the mysteries of the religion of the “Latter Day Saints” to attend. “I’ll go,” ...
... sucker in that jug. Not a day passed on which Rosa did not come to have her chat with Cornelius. The tulips, concerning whose cultivation Rosa was ta... ...s she treasured in her heart, even when they did not take the shape of directions. He, on his part, awoke deeper in love than ever. The tulip, indeed,...
...ats. The air was laden with music; the river banks were beruffled with joy-flames; the distant city lay in a soft luminous glow from its countless inv... ...hem to help him enjoy the great news. 191 The Prince and the Pauper " Justice and retribution hen the mysteries were all cleared up, it ca...
...wing, given him comfort; on the threatening horizon of his future he saw a luminous space where shone the blue of ether, and he followed that light as... ... in his accustomed place. Godefroid retired, joyful in at last sharing the mysteries of that house and in having an occupation, which, feeling as he d...
...ness of the house as into a place of shelter, and lay long upon my bed, pondering these mysteries. It was late when I again woke, and I leaped into my... ...f it gratified his ear. He shut his eyes, and her image sprang up before him, qui- etly luminous and attended with good thoughts. The river might run ...
...nknown forces too recondite for his physiological analysis to detect, some mysteries of the human will of which the obscurity baffles science.” Bianch... ... glanced at the journalist returning the ball of his jests, that swift and luminous flash of tender- ness which gilds the gleam of a woman’s eye when ...
...oman- tic, she was sentimental, she had a passion for little se- crets and mysteries—a very innocent passion, for her secrets had hitherto always been... ... faculties seemed, as they stretched away, to lose themselves in a sort of luminous vagueness, which indi- cated, not that they stopped, but that Cath...
...t said, is non-existent without children. Herein appears one of those deep mysteries which lie buried in the arena of private life, a few shreds of wh... ...nds long enough,” said Ma- demoiselle Thuillier, interrupting one of these luminous talks; “the altar is dressed; begin your little game.” If these an... ...u love us all.” “Well, yes,” replied Felix. T rue love wraps itself in the mysteries of reserve, even in its expression; it proves itself by itself; i... ... Thuillier that he might terminate himself a work to which he applied such luminous and intelligent criticism; after which remark he departed and was ... ... with a good grace as the reward of your services. But these are political mysteries which would never enter your sister’s mind.” “The devil!” cried T... ... oldest friends of his family; and though the contemplation of those great luminous bodies suspended in space by the hand of the Creator presents, in ...
...was lately honoured with a letter from a gentleman deeply skilled in these mysteries, who kindly undertook to calculate the nativity of the writer of ... ...questions of the barrister, placed the bonhomie of his character in a more luminous point of view than Mannering had yet seen it. Upon the same occasi... ...and, occupied the other dormitory. The strangeness of his destiny, and the mysteries which appeared to thicken around him, while he seemed alike to be... ...pen a correspon- dence with me, supposing me to be as deep in astrological mysteries as when we first met. Here is her scroll, delivered to me by the ... ...isguise— ”Well,” concluded her father, “are your ideas on the subject more luminous?” “More confused than ever, my dear sir,” said Julia. “Here is thi... ...e the door ajar, was the plan adopted by the old crones who understood the mysteries of deathbeds and lykewakes. In that case, there was room for the ...
...ting possibilities and the attaching wonderments, not to say the insoluble mysteries, thick- ened apace. Why had one to look so straight in the face a... ...e, she probably couldn’t have given the key to these felicities. They were mysteries of which her friends were conscious—those friends whose general e... ...It might have represented possibly, with its involved loneliness and other mysteries, the weight under which she fancied her companion’s admirable hea... ...it would be somewhere in Gibbon—were apparently not questioned about their mysteries. But oh poor Milly and hers! Susan at all events proved scarce mo... ...hall you do?” “For the moment simply enjoy it. Enjoy”—Milly was completely luminous—”having got out of my scrape.” “Learning, you mean, so easily, tha... ... wise, but the fact of the idea as directly applied, as con- verted from a luminous conception into an historic truth. He had known it before but as d... ...s true, these considerations, to a degree of eventual peace, for what they luminously amounted to was that he was to do nothing, and that fell in afte...