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... turned a deal box into a hair - trunk ; though even this was equalled , if not exceeded , by the first vender of Bear's Grease , who cautioned his customers to wash their hands in warm water after using it , to prevent them from ...
... turned a deal box into a hair - trunk ; though even this was equalled , if not exceeded , by the first vender of Bear's Grease , who cautioned his customers to wash their hands in warm water after using it , to prevent them from ...
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... turned The interview green . with his landlady , the first witness of his misery , is inimitable in its way- " Stop at home a bit , and be quiet , it may go off with all this washing , in the course of the day . Soft soap is an uncommon ...
... turned The interview green . with his landlady , the first witness of his misery , is inimitable in its way- " Stop at home a bit , and be quiet , it may go off with all this washing , in the course of the day . Soft soap is an uncommon ...
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... turned up like a drum- mer , and away she goes , puffing round the ring at full trot . " yet even he must yield the palm to Mr. Christie , of hanging - wood notoriety . To his eloquence we are indebted for one of the late Lord Erskine's ...
... turned up like a drum- mer , and away she goes , puffing round the ring at full trot . " yet even he must yield the palm to Mr. Christie , of hanging - wood notoriety . To his eloquence we are indebted for one of the late Lord Erskine's ...
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... philos- opher . " " Ladies , although my shop's small , I pray you won't I turned out my pelisses , the first of the land sure fear , may wear ; If they are not well finished , or the best 12 [ MAY , THE ADVERTISING SYSTEM .
... philos- opher . " " Ladies , although my shop's small , I pray you won't I turned out my pelisses , the first of the land sure fear , may wear ; If they are not well finished , or the best 12 [ MAY , THE ADVERTISING SYSTEM .
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... turned down . " " RAN AWAY , the Negro Ham . - Has a ring with iron on his left foot . Also , Gresi , his wife , bearing a ring and chain on the left leg . " " RAN AWAY , a Negro Woman and two child- ren ; a few days before she went off ...
... turned down . " " RAN AWAY , the Negro Ham . - Has a ring with iron on his left foot . Also , Gresi , his wife , bearing a ring and chain on the left leg . " " RAN AWAY , a Negro Woman and two child- ren ; a few days before she went off ...
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Page 455 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 62 - I know your heart, and am right sure and certain that 'tis far too merciful to let her die, or even so much as suffer, for want of aid. Thou knowest who said, "Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone at her!
Page 403 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Page 403 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze...
Page 477 - And lightly tripping o'er the long flat stones (With nettles skirted, and with moss o'ergrown) That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to...
Page 64 - ... eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth; and that whose mind soever is fully possessed with a fervent desire to know good things, and with the dearest charity to infuse the knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words...
Page 402 - To beings else forlorn and blind ! Up ! up ! and drink the spirit breathed From dead men to their kind. " You look round on your mother Earth, As if she for no purpose bore you ; As if you were her first-born birth, And none had lived before you...
Page 404 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
Page 404 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years. And so I dare to hope, Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first 1 came among these hills...
Page 404 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.