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... caused to be procured glasses of brandy and water , and it was astonishing to behold their prompt appropriation of them . But I soon grew tired of these swillers ; nay , I seemed to wish to pick a quarrel with them - they looked so ...
... caused to be procured glasses of brandy and water , and it was astonishing to behold their prompt appropriation of them . But I soon grew tired of these swillers ; nay , I seemed to wish to pick a quarrel with them - they looked so ...
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... cause . I grew selfish and disagreeable , quarrelled with my landlady , and cut myself vilely in shaving . Then I succeeded in walk- ing in my sleep , till I perineated a sky - light , and scared the maid - ser- vant into hysterics ...
... cause . I grew selfish and disagreeable , quarrelled with my landlady , and cut myself vilely in shaving . Then I succeeded in walk- ing in my sleep , till I perineated a sky - light , and scared the maid - ser- vant into hysterics ...
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... cause as judge ; but I will try to plead one side of it as an advocate , perhaps a biassed and fee- ble one . As the passions are said to be sub- ject to the control of reason , and as reason is resolved ( in the present case ) into an ...
... cause as judge ; but I will try to plead one side of it as an advocate , perhaps a biassed and fee- ble one . As the passions are said to be sub- ject to the control of reason , and as reason is resolved ( in the present case ) into an ...
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... cause it must naturally divert the mind frem the warped and false bias it has taken . The feeling of pro perty is here , then , removed from the sphere of practice to a chimerical and fictitious one . In the case of not sending the ...
... cause it must naturally divert the mind frem the warped and false bias it has taken . The feeling of pro perty is here , then , removed from the sphere of practice to a chimerical and fictitious one . In the case of not sending the ...
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... cause of both . mention several that have ruined Few instances have been heard of , their fortunes out of mere freak , oth- of final reformation on this head . ers that are in a state of dotage and Yet it is a clear case ; and reason ...
... cause of both . mention several that have ruined Few instances have been heard of , their fortunes out of mere freak , oth- of final reformation on this head . ers that are in a state of dotage and Yet it is a clear case ; and reason ...
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Page 108 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 86 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 25 - Search then the ruling passion: there, alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Page 176 - It is our will That thus enchains us to permitted ill. We might be otherwise, we might be all We dream of happy, high, majestical. Where is the love, beauty and truth we seek, But in our mind? and if we were not weak, Should we be less in deed than in desire?' 'Ay, if we were not weak — and we aspire How vainly to be strong!' said Maddalo; 'You talk Utopia.
Page 247 - What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man...
Page 87 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 176 - It remains to know,' I then rejoined, 'and those who try may find How strong the chains are which our spirit bind; Brittle perchance as straw. We are assured Much may be conquered, much may be endured Of what degrades and crushes us. We know That we have power over ourselves to do And suffer — what, we know not till we try; But something nobler than to live and die. So taught those kings of old philosophy, Who reigned before religion made men blind; And those who suffer with their suffering kind...
Page 107 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Page 413 - Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune humbles not, Was written on his brow. The scars his dark broad bosom wore, Showed warrior true and brave ; A prince among his tribe before, He could not be a slave.
Page 107 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.