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... believe you . You are brave , Nina . I know that . Though you will cry if one but frowns at you , yet you are brave . " " Do not you frown at me , An- ton . " " I am one of those that do frown at times , I suppose ; but I will be true ...
... believe you . You are brave , Nina . I know that . Though you will cry if one but frowns at you , yet you are brave . " " Do not you frown at me , An- ton . " " I am one of those that do frown at times , I suppose ; but I will be true ...
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... believe , or affect to believe - I am not very sure which - that we had outlived old grudges , and had become rather ashamed of old rivalries , France could not be employed as the bug- bear it had once been . Fortunately for Irish ...
... believe , or affect to believe - I am not very sure which - that we had outlived old grudges , and had become rather ashamed of old rivalries , France could not be employed as the bug- bear it had once been . Fortunately for Irish ...
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... believe not -- I don't know- I don't care , " said he , angrily ; for the subject , as an apropos , was scarcely pleasant . " Any one at the office since I left ? " asked he , with a twang of irritation still in his tone . " That ould ...
... believe not -- I don't know- I don't care , " said he , angrily ; for the subject , as an apropos , was scarcely pleasant . " Any one at the office since I left ? " asked he , with a twang of irritation still in his tone . " That ould ...
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... believe there was a greater man in the world than him- self - a joke which no one would enjoy more than King Charles . In truth , Busby's tenure of his domin- ion there was far more secure and lasting than that of the unlucky Stuarts ...
... believe there was a greater man in the world than him- self - a joke which no one would enjoy more than King Charles . In truth , Busby's tenure of his domin- ion there was far more secure and lasting than that of the unlucky Stuarts ...
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... believe most of us were struck by his manner and affected by his exhorta- tions . " - Letter in Southey's Life , i . p . 13 . There was another branch of training , too , which has been much too loudly claimed as the peculiar honour of ...
... believe most of us were struck by his manner and affected by his exhorta- tions . " - Letter in Southey's Life , i . p . 13 . There was another branch of training , too , which has been much too loudly claimed as the peculiar honour of ...
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Page 22 - THE people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter, be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Page 498 - And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Page 627 - Contemplate the condition of that country of which you still form an important part. Consider its Government, uniting in one bond of common interest and general protection so many different States — giving to all their inhabitants the proud title of American citizens; protecting their commerce; securing their literature and their arts ; facilitating their intercommunication ; defending their frontiers, and making their names respected in the remotest parts of the earth.
Page 22 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 604 - While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of ; EQUILIBRIUM. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of HARMONY.
Page 628 - And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Page 605 - Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all ? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.
Page 674 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know Our sad and dismal story; The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree: For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind! With a fa, la, la, la, la.
Page 100 - And while public opinion is what it is — while men have no better beliefs about public duty — while corruption is not felt to be a damning disgrace — while men are not ashamed in parliament and out of it to make public questions which concern the welfare of millions a mere screen for their own petty private ends — I say no fresh scheme of voting will much mend our condition.
Page 217 - God," faintly uttered behind me. Suddenly she had awoke from her torpor, and with a heart overflowing I went to her bedside. Her eyes were full of madness! She spoke, but the brain was gone! I will not inflict a description of the terrible trial of seven days of brain fever, with its attendant horrors. The rain poured in torrents, and day after day we were forced to travel for want of provisions, not being able to remain in one position. Every now and then we shot a few guinea-fowl, but rarely; there...