The Pardoner's WalletHoughton, Mifflin, 1905 - 287 pages |
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Page 45
... happened . The Christian monopolist , ruthlessly crushing out his competitors and using every trick known to the trade , has no more doubts as to the rightfulness of his proceedings than had the good Newport captain in regard to the ...
... happened . The Christian monopolist , ruthlessly crushing out his competitors and using every trick known to the trade , has no more doubts as to the rightfulness of his proceedings than had the good Newport captain in regard to the ...
Page 86
... happened at the opening of Oklahoma Territory . Before the day set by the government when they all were to start fair in their race for farms , a band of adven- turers called ' Sooners ' smuggled themselves across the line . When the ...
... happened at the opening of Oklahoma Territory . Before the day set by the government when they all were to start fair in their race for farms , a band of adven- turers called ' Sooners ' smuggled themselves across the line . When the ...
Page 106
... might suspect they had done wrong , were it not that as soon as they begin to reason about it they perceive that all that happened was highly to - a sensa- their credit . The more they think about it , 106 HOW TO KNOW THE FALLACIES.
... might suspect they had done wrong , were it not that as soon as they begin to reason about it they perceive that all that happened was highly to - a sensa- their credit . The more they think about it , 106 HOW TO KNOW THE FALLACIES.
Page 111
... happened to it in the middle . You have noticed in the orchard an apple tree that starts out to be a Pippin , but when the time comes for it to bear fruit it has apparently changed its mind , and has concluded to be a Rhode Island ...
... happened to it in the middle . You have noticed in the orchard an apple tree that starts out to be a Pippin , but when the time comes for it to bear fruit it has apparently changed its mind , and has concluded to be a Rhode Island ...
Page 134
... happened at the beginning of the civil wars in Israel is typical . King Reho- boam called a meeting of the elder statesmen of his kingdom . They outlined a policy that was eminently conciliatory . But we are told , “ He for- sook the ...
... happened at the beginning of the civil wars in Israel is typical . King Reho- boam called a meeting of the elder statesmen of his kingdom . They outlined a policy that was eminently conciliatory . But we are told , “ He for- sook the ...
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Page 131 - And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 166 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Page 57 - When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Page 279 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent...
Page 138 - I have felt with my native land, I am one with my kind, I embrace the purpose of God, and the doom assign'd.
Page 137 - Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone?
Page 250 - I sat down by the wayside of life, like a man under enchantment, and a shrubbery sprung up around me, and the bushes grew to be saplings, and the saplings became trees, until no exit appeared possible, through the entangling depths of my obscurity.
Page 174 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true.
Page 175 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 123 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.