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... face of the earth ; humiliating as the declaration may be , I confess now , that , unhappy in myself , I could not fail to perceive , with all my conceit , that friends I had none ; and that , save my blinded parents , all that saw me ...
... face of the earth ; humiliating as the declaration may be , I confess now , that , unhappy in myself , I could not fail to perceive , with all my conceit , that friends I had none ; and that , save my blinded parents , all that saw me ...
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... face for dinner ; - ' the noon - tide meal ' - that's it , - meal , as the poet majestically expresses it , is at hand : soon will the iron chime ' of the dinner bell burst upon the listening vicinity , and the students in these groves ...
... face for dinner ; - ' the noon - tide meal ' - that's it , - meal , as the poet majestically expresses it , is at hand : soon will the iron chime ' of the dinner bell burst upon the listening vicinity , and the students in these groves ...
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... face- " Will be painted , " added Tom . " And where is your livery ? " " My liveries are two , " replied he . " See this . " He displayed an old print gown , a dirty cap , and straw bonnet . " Thus clothed , when the visiters come to ...
... face- " Will be painted , " added Tom . " And where is your livery ? " " My liveries are two , " replied he . " See this . " He displayed an old print gown , a dirty cap , and straw bonnet . " Thus clothed , when the visiters come to ...
Page 63
... face to face . The rest would be chiefly accomplished in the manner already pointed out , supposing Italy assisted by France . The Italians , at the commencement of their operations , supported by the English fleet , * To those who ...
... face to face . The rest would be chiefly accomplished in the manner already pointed out , supposing Italy assisted by France . The Italians , at the commencement of their operations , supported by the English fleet , * To those who ...
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... face of Despair- Made fully conscious , -Pity feels its care ! - Yes , sweet the radiant smile that then appears Contesting with its melancholy tears ! - Sweet is the beam that lights the cheerless eye , When new flush'd Hope directs it ...
... face of Despair- Made fully conscious , -Pity feels its care ! - Yes , sweet the radiant smile that then appears Contesting with its melancholy tears ! - Sweet is the beam that lights the cheerless eye , When new flush'd Hope directs it ...
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Page 474 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 486 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Page 117 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 198 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 485 - No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.
Page 202 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 487 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.
Page 203 - What though the field be lost ? All is not lost : the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me.
Page 202 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 168 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.