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... come as fond of him as she herself was , and she , there- fore , resolved to hide him from them . She had a lofty hedge made round an orchard , and in this sort of prison she kept the child on whom she doated . THE POCKET MAGAZINE .
... come as fond of him as she herself was , and she , there- fore , resolved to hide him from them . She had a lofty hedge made round an orchard , and in this sort of prison she kept the child on whom she doated . THE POCKET MAGAZINE .
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... . This continued at intervals from about one half to two minutes . From various other parts of the quagmire round the large globes , or bubbles , there were occasionally small quantities of mud shot THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 11.
... . This continued at intervals from about one half to two minutes . From various other parts of the quagmire round the large globes , or bubbles , there were occasionally small quantities of mud shot THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 11.
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... in ices and sherbet , and each one seats himself round a table magnificently decorated . The first place is given to the courtier , the other places are distributed according to the rank and the riches of D2 THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 27.
... in ices and sherbet , and each one seats himself round a table magnificently decorated . The first place is given to the courtier , the other places are distributed according to the rank and the riches of D2 THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 27.
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... round the crag , which thus bounded their view , and tumbled down the rocky glen in a torrent of foam . Those who love nature always desire to penetrate into its utmost recesses ; and Lady Staunton asked David whether there was not some ...
... round the crag , which thus bounded their view , and tumbled down the rocky glen in a torrent of foam . Those who love nature always desire to penetrate into its utmost recesses ; and Lady Staunton asked David whether there was not some ...
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... round her neck , on which was in- scribed a verse of the Koran , and having sent a consi- derable present to the Fakiers , who kept up the per- petual lamp of her sister's tomb , meekly ascended the palanquin prepared for her ; and ...
... round her neck , on which was in- scribed a verse of the Koran , and having sent a consi- derable present to the Fakiers , who kept up the per- petual lamp of her sister's tomb , meekly ascended the palanquin prepared for her ; and ...
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Page 275 - And Jesus, answering, said unto him, suffer it to be so now : for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered Him.
Page 272 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Page 291 - And chokes up with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the Peri turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze, Beholds a youthful warrior stand, Alone, beside his native river — The red blade broken in his hand And the last arrow in his quiver.
Page 231 - But that loveliness, ever in motion, which plays Like the light upon autumn's soft shadowy days, Now here and now there, giving warmth as it flies From the lips to the cheek, from the cheek to the eyes, Now melting in mist and now breaking in gleams, Like the glimpses a saint has of heaven in his dreams...
Page 175 - Friends, brothers, and sisters are laid side by side, Yet none have saluted, and none have replied.
Page 176 - The first tabernacle to Hope we will build, And look for the sleepers around us to rise ; The second to Faith, which ensures it fulfilled, And the third to the Lamb of the great sacrifice Who bequeathed us them both when he rose to the skies.
Page 231 - One, — what a rapture is his. Who in moonlight and music thus sweetly may glide O'er the Lake of Cashmere, with that One by his side ! If woman can make the worst wilderness dear. Think, think what a heaven she must make of Cashmere...
Page 225 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Page 328 - But if their bad actions weigh down the balance, the stone canoe sinks at once, and leaves them up to their chins in the water, to behold and regret the reward enjoyed by the good, and eternally struggling, but with unavailing endeavours, to reach the blissful island, from which they are excluded for ever.
Page 96 - George ; one on the Eastern, and the other on the Western, side of this water.