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... wife , he was cast into the pri- son , where the king's prisoners were bound . 8. Here also the Lord continued to show him mercy , and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison . And all the prisoners were committed to ...
... wife , he was cast into the pri- son , where the king's prisoners were bound . 8. Here also the Lord continued to show him mercy , and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison . And all the prisoners were committed to ...
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... wife , whom he tenderly loved , and ten children ; yet did he continue firm in his principles . And such was his serenity after condemnation , that the jailors , it is said , awaked him from a sound sleep , when the hour of his ...
... wife , whom he tenderly loved , and ten children ; yet did he continue firm in his principles . And such was his serenity after condemnation , that the jailors , it is said , awaked him from a sound sleep , when the hour of his ...
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... wife to the grave thirty years before ; that his children were gone abroad to distant climes , and that of all his relations and friends , none now remained . 14. This recital was made with the indifference which people discover for ...
... wife to the grave thirty years before ; that his children were gone abroad to distant climes , and that of all his relations and friends , none now remained . 14. This recital was made with the indifference which people discover for ...
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... must either submit to the terms of our unfeeling conqueror , or yield up our wives and daugh- ters , and our tender infants to a bloody and brutal soldiery , Look about you my friends , and fix your eyes THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR . 57.
... must either submit to the terms of our unfeeling conqueror , or yield up our wives and daugh- ters , and our tender infants to a bloody and brutal soldiery , Look about you my friends , and fix your eyes THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR . 57.
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... wife at Vienna , who had six small children , finding themselves unable to support them all , were reduced to the necessity of turning the youngest upon the public . The husband carried it reluctantly to the foundling hospital ...
... wife at Vienna , who had six small children , finding themselves unable to support them all , were reduced to the necessity of turning the youngest upon the public . The husband carried it reluctantly to the foundling hospital ...
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Page 17 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 198 - For I can raise no money by vile means : By Heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection : I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me : was that done like Cassius...
Page 196 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large...
Page 209 - O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd as you see, with traitors.
Page 208 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 209 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood...
Page 208 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii. Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Page 207 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it, Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man ; So are they all, all honourable men ;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Page 208 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.