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are almost a translation of Palinurus' remonstrance with "the treachery of tranquil heaven." And when the poet wishes for any link which could bind him closer to the Highland maiden who has flitted across his path as a being of a different world from his own: Thine elder Brother would I be, Thy Father, anything to thee! we hear the echo of the sadder plaint Atque utinam e vobis unus
In a brief sketch, like the present, all that can be said of them is, 'Cum tales essent, utinam nostri fuissent. The Methodists met with a vast amount of opposition; but, after all, there was a more formidable enemy to the progress of the Evangelical revival than any from without.
I have in this sermon applied my thoughts toward these three things: 1. The soul-ensnaring error of the greatest part of men, who choose to themselves such a way to the kingdom of heaven as is broad, and smooth, and easy, and but little or nothing at all displeasing to flesh and blood, like him that tumbled down upon the grass and said, Utinam hoc esset laborare. 2.
And as the one expect it with fear and trembling, the others support it with greater ease than life. That one complains of its facility: "Mors! utinam pavidos vitae subducere nolles. Sed virtus to sola daret!" Now, let us leave these boastful courages. Theodorus answered Lysimachus, who threatened to kill him, "Thou wilt do a brave feat," said he, "to attain the force of a cantharides."
Hoyt," said Indiman, with an air of engaging frankness, "I have never, until this moment, even heard of the Utinam Club. But for all that I am convinced that I am about to become a member of it, and I may say the same for my friend, Mr. Thorp. Now, possibly you may be inclined to assist us." Mr. Hoyt stared.
Then Abingdon Square and your entrance upon the boards of my little drama you and Mr. Bardi. Gentlemen, I thank you for your attention." "I should say, Thorp," said Indiman, "that Mr. Harding is well qualified for membership in the Utinam Club. Will you put him up and I'll second him?
A chilling and depressing spectacle was that presented by the "House in the Middle of the Block," as I mentally christened it, and I speculated upon the strange offices to which it had been consecrated. "The Utinam Club," answered my unspoken query. Dr. Magnus had advanced to my side and stood staring at me through his triple lenses. I started, involuntarily. "There! there!" he said, soothingly.
"I did not perceive that your attention was so entirely absorbed. I am honored by your interest the Utinam Club, it is my hobby, sir, and one not altogether unworthy of the consideration of an intelligent man." "I can quite understand that," said Indiman, who had joined us at the window. "There is a distinct stimulus to the imagination in the picture before us.
I give you, therefore, the third appearance of the Queen of Spades. Au revoir! We sail to-morrow by the Cunarder." The man with the disproportionate ears touched Indiman's elbow. "Beg pardon, sir," he said, deferentially, "but I shall have to have a word or two with you." We drove to the Utinam Club and found a secluded corner. "Now, what is it, officer?" said Indiman.
See ante, i. 161, note 2. See ante, iii. 55. After this follows a line which Boswell has omitted: 'Then rises fresh, pursues his wonted game. Cato, act i. sc. 4. Boswell was right, and Oglethorpe wrong; the exclamation in Suetonius is, 'Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet. Calig. xxx. Polemo-middinia, as the Commentator explains, is Proelium in sterquilinio commissum.
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