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... called the thong ! ts , were so little employed in the cruel maiden to the grave of her misera- Leather on worship , though they are by no ble lover , * in tones so moving and pa- Goos excluded from it . thetic that all the hearers ...
... called the thong ! ts , were so little employed in the cruel maiden to the grave of her misera- Leather on worship , though they are by no ble lover , * in tones so moving and pa- Goos excluded from it . thetic that all the hearers ...
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... called the billet written by - by her who wore the holiness of innocence in her calm the necklace of pearls : -they were drop- and proud reserve . But the Baroness , ped near me - I did not guess their val- enraged at the suspicion ...
... called the billet written by - by her who wore the holiness of innocence in her calm the necklace of pearls : -they were drop- and proud reserve . But the Baroness , ped near me - I did not guess their val- enraged at the suspicion ...
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... called her Herbier sacré , in which she religion ! " or that " elle s'était mise en was copying all the plants mentioned in retraite dans une société de Capucines . " the Bible . She shewed me another vol- I had despaired therefore of ...
... called her Herbier sacré , in which she religion ! " or that " elle s'était mise en was copying all the plants mentioned in retraite dans une société de Capucines . " the Bible . She shewed me another vol- I had despaired therefore of ...
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... called upon to upon the right use of this inestimable exert himself as an active member of the talent , whether the rest prove profitable community to which he belongs , may or pernicious . fairly be supposed to be actuated by that ...
... called upon to upon the right use of this inestimable exert himself as an active member of the talent , whether the rest prove profitable community to which he belongs , may or pernicious . fairly be supposed to be actuated by that ...
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... had no remorse , Nor cause for such : they called me mad --- and why ? Oh Leonora ! wilt not thou reply ? I was indeed delirious in my heart To lift my love so lofty as thou art ; Lord Byron's new Poem , " The Lament of Tasso.
... had no remorse , Nor cause for such : they called me mad --- and why ? Oh Leonora ! wilt not thou reply ? I was indeed delirious in my heart To lift my love so lofty as thou art ; Lord Byron's new Poem , " The Lament of Tasso.
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Page 273 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 54 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Page 54 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Page 322 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse ; and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him : And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 273 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten,...
Page 78 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 273 - Indited under the influence of HIM, to whom all hearts are known,. and all events foreknown, they suit mankind in all situations ; grateful as the manna which descended from above, and conformed itself to every palate.
Page 322 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 322 - And there went out another horse that was red : and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another : and there was given unto him a great sword.
Page 416 - His hand guides the plough, and the plough his thoughts, and his ditch and land-mark is the very mound of his meditations. He expostulates with his oxen very understandingly, and speaks gee and ree better than English. His mind is not much distracted with objects ; but if a good fat cow come in his way, he stands dumb and astonished, and though his haste be never so great, will fix here half an hour's contemplation.