The Story of Justin Martyr
The Story of Justin Martyr

Author: Richard Chenevix Trench

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781330023440

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Excerpt from The Story of Justin Martyr: Sabbation and Other Poems To - If, Lady, at thy bidding I have strung As on one thread these few unvalued beads, I cannot ask the world to count them pearls, Or to esteem them better than they are: But thou, I know, wilt prize them, for by thee Solicited, I have beguiled with these The enforced leisure of the present time, And dedicate of right my little book To thee, beloved - sure at least of this, That if my verse has aught of good or true, It will not lack the answer of one heart. And if herein it may be thou shalt find Some notes of jarring sound, and some that speak A spirit ill at ease, unharmonised, Yet 'twere a wrong unto thyself to deem About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Through the Year with Famous Authors
Through the Year with Famous Authors

Author: Mabel Patterson

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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There is no moment like the present; not only so, but, moreover, there is no moment at all, that is, no instant force and energy, but in the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and skurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. -Maria Edgeworth. Maria Edgeworth, a noted English novelist, was born in Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, January 1, 1767, and died in Edgeworthstown, Ireland, May, 1849. She wrote: "Early Lessons," "Castle Rackrent," "Tales of Fashionable Life," "Belinda," "Leonora," "Moral Tales," "The Modern Griselda," "Helen," "Ormond," and "Patronage." 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. "Orion," Book iii, Canto ii (1843).-Richard Henry Horne. Richard Henry Horne, a famous English miscellaneous writer, was born January 1, 1803, and died March 13, 1884. His principal works are: "The Dreamer and the Worker," "Cosmo de' Medici," "Orion," "A New Spirit of the Age," "The Death of Marlowe," "Judas Iscariot, A Miracle Play," "Australian Facts and Prospects," and "Exposition of the False Medium, and Barriers Excluding Men of Genius from the Public."

The Regions of Sara Coleridge's Thought
The Regions of Sara Coleridge's Thought

Author: P. Swaab

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-01-30

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1137011602

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This book explores Sara Coleridge's critical intelligence and theoretical reach. It shows her in various critical guises: editing works by her father, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, commenting on her own poetry and prose, and writing diversely brilliant criticism of classical and English literature.