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... sure a more graceful curtsy was never seen - and it will make the author , who is my very dear friend - whom I love more than I can venture to express , and whom I have , on that account , placed foremost now- and not for his mere ...
... sure a more graceful curtsy was never seen - and it will make the author , who is my very dear friend - whom I love more than I can venture to express , and whom I have , on that account , placed foremost now- and not for his mere ...
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... Sure- ly there are few human ties so tender as that which unites a widowed mo- ther to her widowed son ! Both have known joys and griefs , which the other alone can perhaps adequately appre- ciate - both have just that surplus of ...
... Sure- ly there are few human ties so tender as that which unites a widowed mo- ther to her widowed son ! Both have known joys and griefs , which the other alone can perhaps adequately appre- ciate - both have just that surplus of ...
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... sure , and trampling on public law in fighting their battles , they were al- most , as a people , warring against her --- plundering her ships , and maltreat- ing her seamen . We have shown , that , up to the time , and at the time ...
... sure , and trampling on public law in fighting their battles , they were al- most , as a people , warring against her --- plundering her ships , and maltreat- ing her seamen . We have shown , that , up to the time , and at the time ...
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... sure that the agreement imposed obligations on the Admirals as well as on himself ; and every one will admit that their violation of their en- gagements released him from his . Why , then , have not the terms of this armi- stice or ...
... sure that the agreement imposed obligations on the Admirals as well as on himself ; and every one will admit that their violation of their en- gagements released him from his . Why , then , have not the terms of this armi- stice or ...
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... sure argument of a depraved appetite . False appetite is but the forerunner of dyspepsia . As VOL . XXIII . ex- Coriolanus . now the stomach waxed weak , the pepper- ing grew stronger . At last the patients could digest nothing , and ...
... sure argument of a depraved appetite . False appetite is but the forerunner of dyspepsia . As VOL . XXIII . ex- Coriolanus . now the stomach waxed weak , the pepper- ing grew stronger . At last the patients could digest nothing , and ...
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Page 178 - Would he were fatter ; but I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music...
Page 344 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 572 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Page 37 - Barbara : She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her : she had a song of ' willow ; ' An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it...
Page 5 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 364 - The man who proceeds in it with steadiness and resolution, -will in a little time find that ' her ways are ways of pleasantness, and that all her paths are peace.
Page 178 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Page 37 - And my poor fool is hang'd. No, no, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never. Pray you undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you see this? Look on her! Look, her lips, Look there, look there!
Page 392 - If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee, for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...
Page 375 - Perhaps, also, he thought it good for the teeth. We then lounged about, or sat and talked, — Madame Guiccioli, with her sleek tresses, descending, after her toilet, to join us. The garden was small and...