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These are some of those whom I remember, and, by the way, I ought to add the Duke of Westminster and Tom Jennings, names interesting and distinguished, and indicative of a phase of life ever full of enjoyment such as is not known out of the sporting world, where excitement lends to pleasure the effervescence and sparkle which make life something more than animal existence.
Is it to accommodate you, or him, that Major Garnet lends his name?" "O me! At least O! they're always accommodating each other." "My father told me of these lands before I came here. He thinks that the fortunes of Suez, and consequently of Rosemont, in degree, not to speak" the speaker smiled "of individual fates, is locked up in them." "I know! I know!
Of them all, however, a method of laying and pointing generally referred to as the Germantown type has been most widely favored. It lends itself particularly well to the Colonial style of house now so popular, the broad lines of the white pointing bringing the gray stone into pleasing harmony with the white woodwork.
From the summit of a lofty hill beyond Carrara, the first view of the fertile plain in which the town of Pisa lies with Leghorn, a purple spot in the flat distance is enchanting. Nor is it only distance that lends enchantment to the view; for the fruitful country, and rich woods of olive-trees through which the road subsequently passes, render it delightful.
"For all is bright, and beauteous, and clear, And the meanest thing most precious and dear, When the magic of love is present Love that lends a sweetness and grace To the humblest spot and the plainest face, That turns Wilderness Row to Paradise Place, And Garlick Hill to Mount Pleasant." Hood.
It is a wrong use of the Bible to cite its authors as of equal authority, even in the spheres of theology and religion. The teachings of any human writing come clothed with such authority as the author's name lends to it or its intrinsic force wins for it.
There was seen at that feast Of this band, the High Priest, The heart that to all hearts is nearest; Him may nobody steal From the true Common weal, Tho' to each is dear ARTHUR the dearest. America lends, Nay, she gives when she sends Such treasures as HARRY and DAISY; Tho' many may yearn, None but HARRY can turn That sweet little head of hers crazy.
It is quite evident from the above extracts that in the translation of the ancient songs in the present volume we must be prepared for serious difficulties, the more so as the Nahuatl language, in the opinion of some who are the best acquainted with it, lends itself with peculiar facility to ambiguities of expression and obscure figures of speech.
Blue and bright under the clear Fall heaven, the broad river shines before the surging prow of the boat like a shield of steel. The bracing air lights up rich dreams of life. Your fancy peoples the valleys and the hill-tops with its creations; and your hope lends some crowning beauty of the landscape to your dreamy future. The vision of your last college year is not gone.
It is that poetry of sentiment which imparts to character or incident something of the beautiful or the sublime; which elevates us to a higher sphere; which gives an ardor to affection, a life to thought, a glow to imagination; and which lends so warm and sunny a hue to the portraiture of life, that it ceases to appear the vulgar, and cold, and dull, and monotonous reality, which common sense alone would make it.
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