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Stran 22
Almost at the same moment , from the room next mine , a voice began singing . The song was the aria from La Traviata . I had not known the room to be occupied . The two young ladies , students at the Sorbonne , did not sing .
Almost at the same moment , from the room next mine , a voice began singing . The song was the aria from La Traviata . I had not known the room to be occupied . The two young ladies , students at the Sorbonne , did not sing .
Stran 23
The next evening , as the light was lit behind Dolet - for I was watching from my window - the voice began singing . The song was again , " Ah ! fors e lui , " and the voice was if anything louder - and to me more terrible than it had ...
The next evening , as the light was lit behind Dolet - for I was watching from my window - the voice began singing . The song was again , " Ah ! fors e lui , " and the voice was if anything louder - and to me more terrible than it had ...
Stran 24
Ten years ago there appeared at the Paris Opera House a Swedish woman - of great beauty - and natural voice . She was , however , of a temperament too coldtoo reserved for what should be the most expressive art in the world .
Ten years ago there appeared at the Paris Opera House a Swedish woman - of great beauty - and natural voice . She was , however , of a temperament too coldtoo reserved for what should be the most expressive art in the world .
Stran 26
At every mile post along the highway of history there has stood a prophet , with a warning voice pitched to a scale suitable to the importance of his mig . sion . These were the muckrakers of history . Every service that has been ...
At every mile post along the highway of history there has stood a prophet , with a warning voice pitched to a scale suitable to the importance of his mig . sion . These were the muckrakers of history . Every service that has been ...
Stran 27
Then there was that " voice in the wilderness , " which could not be silenced even in the throne - room . Clad in the overalls of Judea he rebuked Herod to his face for his scandalous relations with Herodius , his sister - in - law .
Then there was that " voice in the wilderness , " which could not be silenced even in the throne - room . Clad in the overalls of Judea he rebuked Herod to his face for his scandalous relations with Herodius , his sister - in - law .
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Stran 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Stran 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Stran 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Stran 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Stran 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Stran 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!