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... exciting wonder and gratitude at their frequent escape , George had a full share . A servant , not knowing that the child was in the bed which she was directed to " air , " put into it a pan of hot coals ; and when its agonising screams ...
... exciting wonder and gratitude at their frequent escape , George had a full share . A servant , not knowing that the child was in the bed which she was directed to " air , " put into it a pan of hot coals ; and when its agonising screams ...
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... . " And so the boys sometimes gazed on the exciting scene of a pack of hounds in full cry , while the mounted horsemen were galloping over field and THE SPORTSMAN SCHOOLMASTER . 25 hedge and ditch in pursuit 24 GEORGE MOGRIDGE .
... . " And so the boys sometimes gazed on the exciting scene of a pack of hounds in full cry , while the mounted horsemen were galloping over field and THE SPORTSMAN SCHOOLMASTER . 25 hedge and ditch in pursuit 24 GEORGE MOGRIDGE .
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... exciting or teasing the boys who were near , and then endure the punishment as well as he could , that was inflicted for " not having done his sum . " Even the explanations of a rule which were sometimes offered , were scarcely less ...
... exciting or teasing the boys who were near , and then endure the punishment as well as he could , that was inflicted for " not having done his sum . " Even the explanations of a rule which were sometimes offered , were scarcely less ...
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... excitement ; but in another moment it was too late . In that moment , as he felt like a culprit by whose cowardice a fellow - creature had been allowed to perish , he resolved to learn to swim . A beginning was therefore made , but ...
... excitement ; but in another moment it was too late . In that moment , as he felt like a culprit by whose cowardice a fellow - creature had been allowed to perish , he resolved to learn to swim . A beginning was therefore made , but ...
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... excited a rage for dramatic per- formances . What an assemblage was there of Lears , Othellos , and Macbeths ! No one could be satisfied without representing some first - rate character . Such powers , it was resolved , ought not to be ...
... excited a rage for dramatic per- formances . What an assemblage was there of Lears , Othellos , and Macbeths ! No one could be satisfied without representing some first - rate character . Such powers , it was resolved , ought not to be ...
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Page 81 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 255 - Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so.
Page vi - Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labour, to their heart and hand, From thy hand, and thy heart, and thy brave cheer, And God's grace fructify through thee to all. The least flower, with a brimming cup, may stand, And share its dew-drop with another near.
Page 361 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 120 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 89 - Lano; when it moves on the plains of autumn, bearing the death of thousands along. Morna ! fairest of maids ! calm is thy sleep in the cave of the rock! Thou hast fallen in darkness, like a star, that shoots across the desert; when the traveller is alone, and mourns the transient beam !" " Say," said Semo's blue-eyed son, " say how fell the chiefs of Erin?
Page 80 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Page 128 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 64 - Then up I rose, And dragged to earth both branch and bough, with crash And merciless ravage: and the shady nook Of hazels, and the green and mossy bower, Deformed and sullied, patiently gave up Their quiet being...
Page 104 - Of envied life ; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state; Yet Nature's care, to all her children just, With richer treasures and an ampler state, Endows at large whatever happy man Will deign to use them.