Word: outbursts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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AMONG the notes in preparation for the next number of the Library Bulletin are an account of all the editions of Ptolemy's Geography, a bibliography of the early editions of Milton, with a chronological arrangement of Miltoniana, and an account of the "Pietas et Gratulatio," an extraordinary outburst of loyalty published by the college in 1761, on the death of George II. and the accession of George...
...state in the direction in which their intellect tells them that it should go? Are they those whose fortune does not permit them to clothe their backs with the latest abomination of that world-old tyrant, Fashion? or to shake their sides with beastly laughter over each fresh outburst of loathsome obscenity in gilded dens...
...easily fall out of the habit of reading poetry, perhaps because it is often both tame and dull; if so, we can assure them that it is quite different with this book, for there is scarcely a line which does not seem to be filled with the natural outburst of a strong, enduring heart, the home of noble thoughts. We are sorry that the printer's work has been so badly done, for the numerous errors in that respect are sometimes serious obstacles to the pleasure of reading. The second edition should be more carefully prepared...