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... ment in his remarks on Berkley and the like gov- ernors than his antagonist . His book is useful to the compiler , to show the state of relations among the Colonies at the time he wrote . was published in a singularly beautiful and rare ...
... ment in his remarks on Berkley and the like gov- ernors than his antagonist . His book is useful to the compiler , to show the state of relations among the Colonies at the time he wrote . was published in a singularly beautiful and rare ...
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... ment , nor untainted in virtue . " the blood which flowed beneath the axe of his It may be possible to attach too much impor- executioner has atoned for many faults ; the pre - science , or of an exhaustless source of physical tance to ...
... ment , nor untainted in virtue . " the blood which flowed beneath the axe of his It may be possible to attach too much impor- executioner has atoned for many faults ; the pre - science , or of an exhaustless source of physical tance to ...
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... ment of this day . This morning , Albert Cottrell , whom you knew as one of my boon companions , committed suicide in consequence of being detected in a forgery . " And he shuddered as the word passed his lips , while little Edward ...
... ment of this day . This morning , Albert Cottrell , whom you knew as one of my boon companions , committed suicide in consequence of being detected in a forgery . " And he shuddered as the word passed his lips , while little Edward ...
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... ment , then sighing deeply , turned with rapid steps and was soon lost to sight amid the gathering shad- OWS . As they drove through the darkness to their splendid home , the boy eagerly related his story , but the haughty Countess made ...
... ment , then sighing deeply , turned with rapid steps and was soon lost to sight amid the gathering shad- OWS . As they drove through the darkness to their splendid home , the boy eagerly related his story , but the haughty Countess made ...
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... ment , all anger were swept away . What could she not forgive to him , who from infancy had been to her like life itself , when leaning on her bosom be told her all ? The prejudices of years were in that moment forgotten ; -pressing her ...
... ment , all anger were swept away . What could she not forgive to him , who from infancy had been to her like life itself , when leaning on her bosom be told her all ? The prejudices of years were in that moment forgotten ; -pressing her ...
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Page 298 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 415 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 160 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Page 64 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 407 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 202 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 64 - There's freedom at thy gates and rest For Earth's down-trodden and opprest, A shelter for the hunted head, For the starved laborer toil and bread. Power, at thy bounds, Stops and calls back his baffled hounds.
Page 161 - And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time For those whom wisdom and whom nature charm To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things ; To tread low-thoughted vice beneath their feet, To soothe the throbbing passions into peace, And woo lone quiet in her silent walks.
Page 64 - Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones. While safe thou dwellest with thy sons, They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe.