It was to enlarge the sphere of sacred poetry "by associating with its themes, more of the emotions, the affections, and even the pure imaginative enjoyments of daily life, than had hitherto been admitted within the hallowed circle.

Mr. Langbain supposes they chose this subject, in imitation of others who had writ dramas on sacred themes long before them; as Ezekiel, a Jewish dramatic poet, writ the Deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt: Gregory Nazianzen, or as some say, Apollinarius of Laodicea, writ the Tragedy of Christ's Passion; to these may be added Hugo Grotius, Theodore Beza, Petavius, all of whom have built upon the foundation of sacred history.

To this End, instead of perplexing them with Latin Epistles, Themes and Verses, there might be a punctual Correspondence established between two Boys, who might act in any imaginary Parts of Business, or be allow'd sometimes to give a range to their own Fancies, and communicate to each other whatever Trifles they thought fit, provided neither of them ever fail'd at the appointed time to answer his Correspondents Letter.

begin the Song: To heav'nly Themes sublimer Strains belong.

So, through the long June afternoons, they ranged together over many themes; and if her answers sometimes missed the mark it did not matter, because her silences never did.

It is pleasant to see how much our Quaker is indebted for his themes to Cotton Mather, who belabored his un-Friends of former days with so much bad English and worse Latin.

Customary themes preferably claim the interest of the reader; as, for example, in the age of religious pictures it would have been exceedingly hard to procure an order for a purely worldly painting.

His concerts usually include any themes selected by the audience from the higher grades of Italian or German opera.

Its least intolerable melodies were quotations from Faust,an assertion which he proved from time to time by singing, and not very softly either, the original themes to the wrath of all who sat within a twenty-five foot radius of them.

Getting different themes or colors that would like to be contradictory, to work together; developing a give and take.

Instead of moving straight on from premises to conclusion it constantly reverts to the same themes yet advances along independent, parallel lines.

12mo, $1.00 "Whatever other literature on these themes may arise Mr. Cable's book must be a permanent influence impossible for writers on either side to ignore.

It is marked throughout with the most serious and earnest conviction, but it is without a single word, from first to last, of asperity or insinuation against opponents; and this, not from any deficiency of feeling as to the importance of the issue, but from a deliberate and resolutely maintained self-control, and from an overruling ever-present sense of the duty, on themes like these, of a more than judicial calmness.

Major Bible themes.

LINCOLN, C. F. Major Bible themes.

Themes francais.

OLSON, ESTHER E. Moon winks and other dramatic themes.

SEE CLARK, JOHN R. HILDEN, VINCENT A. Symphonic themes for band, orchestra, and ensemble.

Themes francais.

But ere my spirit sinks, so strong Remembrance weighs upon the song, Pass we to other themes along!

It is one of the most imaginative of the series, and in it Spenser has refashioned time-honoured themes with more conspicuous taste than elsewhere.

It is upon this framework that are woven the various moral, polemical, and idyllic themes which Spenser introduces.

That discourse, it is true, runs on pastoral themes, but the disguise and allegory have worn thin with centuries of use.

The themes are serious, even weighty according to the estimation of the author, and befit the mood of the poet who first sought to acclimatize the classical satire.

The young men and women who have had the patience to read these chapters have been invited to consider some large and serious themes.