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... once the most extrava- gant passions . It is shunned by the cautious , the prudent , and the virtu- ous , and vehemently adopted by the reckless , the ambitious , and the pro- fligate . Freedom , order , and religion , are the watchword ...
... once the most extrava- gant passions . It is shunned by the cautious , the prudent , and the virtu- ous , and vehemently adopted by the reckless , the ambitious , and the pro- fligate . Freedom , order , and religion , are the watchword ...
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... once on the sovereign and the peo- ple - a measure which has wellnigh overthrown the equipoise of the con- stitution , even at a subsequent pe- riod , and which , if persisted in at that time , would unquestionably have led to a civil ...
... once on the sovereign and the peo- ple - a measure which has wellnigh overthrown the equipoise of the con- stitution , even at a subsequent pe- riod , and which , if persisted in at that time , would unquestionably have led to a civil ...
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... once more , with affectionate earnest- ness , besought her to keep him no longer in torturing suspense , but ac- quaint him with the source of her sorrows . " Lady , once more I implore you to tell me whence all this agony ? " She eyed ...
... once more , with affectionate earnest- ness , besought her to keep him no longer in torturing suspense , but ac- quaint him with the source of her sorrows . " Lady , once more I implore you to tell me whence all this agony ? " She eyed ...
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... once more mur- mured Carl- " What did she say ? " " BAA ! " roared his tormentor , at the same time letting go Carl's wrist , and , slipping over the edge of the terrace , he was out of sight in an instant - leaving Carl Koëcker BROAD ...
... once more mur- mured Carl- " What did she say ? " " BAA ! " roared his tormentor , at the same time letting go Carl's wrist , and , slipping over the edge of the terrace , he was out of sight in an instant - leaving Carl Koëcker BROAD ...
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... once disposed of , and thrust aside out of sight as unworthy of consideration by those who may have finished their own education without putting themselves to the trouble of studying at any university at all , that the great seats of ...
... once disposed of , and thrust aside out of sight as unworthy of consideration by those who may have finished their own education without putting themselves to the trouble of studying at any university at all , that the great seats of ...
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Page 472 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up, 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Page 29 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 498 - ... we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 264 - Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
Page 282 - Let's forge a goodly anchor ; a Bower, thick and broad : For a heart of oak is hanging on every blow, I bode ; And I see the good ship riding all in a perilous road, The low reef roaring on her lee ; the roll of ocean...
Page 282 - King, and royal craftsmen we ; Strike in, strike in, the sparks begin to dull their rustling red!" Our hammers ring with sharper din, our work will soon be sped ; Our anchor soon must change...
Page 281 - tis at a white heat now: The bellows ceased, the flames decreased though on the forge's brow The little flames still fitfully play through the sable mound, And fitfully you still may see the grim smiths ranking round, All clad in leathern panoply, their broad hands only bare: Some rest upon their sledges here, some work the windlass there.
Page 545 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light! O'er the hush'd deep the yellow beam he throws Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows.
Page 261 - Heaven o'er my head seems made of molten brass, The earth of flaming sulphur, yet I am not mad. I am acquainted with sad misery As the tanned galley-slave is with his oar; Necessity makes me suffer constantly, And custom makes it easy.
Page 216 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.