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... English prose as the exiles di , such an actress as Ristori , and such world of imprisoned genius and baffled Rufini and Mariotti -- to say nothing of the aspiration languishing in the dungeons of Naples , silenced by papal hirelings or ...
... English prose as the exiles di , such an actress as Ristori , and such world of imprisoned genius and baffled Rufini and Mariotti -- to say nothing of the aspiration languishing in the dungeons of Naples , silenced by papal hirelings or ...
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... English , period by pe- riod , inasmuch as Rachel knew nothing of Latin ; often pausing to dilate upon the hidden wisdom of that wonderful production , and its applicability to the civilization of the human race . Осса- sionally , too ...
... English , period by pe- riod , inasmuch as Rachel knew nothing of Latin ; often pausing to dilate upon the hidden wisdom of that wonderful production , and its applicability to the civilization of the human race . Осса- sionally , too ...
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... English parish priest had to struggle with womanly instincts as warm , and with a thirst of love as keen as the instincts that were outraged , and the thirst that was not quenched in the spirit of the granddaughter of Marshal Saxe . But ...
... English parish priest had to struggle with womanly instincts as warm , and with a thirst of love as keen as the instincts that were outraged , and the thirst that was not quenched in the spirit of the granddaughter of Marshal Saxe . But ...
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... English word should be spoken , and that he should correct my blunders at the in- stant . In this way I easily and rapidly acquired la bella lingua . A certain Signorina Ersilia , also , was of great ser- vice to me . The invariable ...
... English word should be spoken , and that he should correct my blunders at the in- stant . In this way I easily and rapidly acquired la bella lingua . A certain Signorina Ersilia , also , was of great ser- vice to me . The invariable ...
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... English , with a low bow . " Stia bene , Signore , " was his much more polite reply . Left alone now with il vetturino , I de- termined to have a talk with him . Catch- ing his eye , I made a sign which he would have been none the wiser ...
... English , with a low bow . " Stia bene , Signore , " was his much more polite reply . Left alone now with il vetturino , I de- termined to have a talk with him . Catch- ing his eye , I made a sign which he would have been none the wiser ...
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Page 284 - The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 515 - This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing, or supposed to be open to dispute...
Page 483 - To have look'd, tho' but in a dream, upon eyes so fair, That had been in a weary world my one thing bright; And it was but a dream, yet it lighten'd my despair When I thought that a war would arise in defence of the right That an iron tyranny now should bend or cease, The glory of manhood stand on his ancient height, Nor Britain's one sole God be the...
Page 264 - So she furnished herself with a world of gifts, store of gold and silver, and of riches and other sumptuous ornaments as is credible enough she might bring from so great a house and from so wealthy and rich a realm as Egypt was. But yet she carried nothing with her wherein she trusted more than in herself, and in the charms and enchantment of her passing beauty and grace.
Page 77 - I believe, towards the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, sent out more living writers, in its proportion, than any other school.
Page 521 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator or judge to be hereditary.
Page 520 - ... politicians of the South, held the same sentiments ; that slavery was an evil, a blight, a scourge, and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement in the North at that day as in the South. The North was not so much excited against it as the South; and the reason is, I suppose, that there was much less of it at the North, and the people did not see, or think they saw, the evils so prominently as they were seen, or thought to be seen, at the South.
Page 18 - She had lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that, she had not lived enough to know...
Page 500 - We know not whether some remarkable affronts given the devils, by our disbelieving those testimonies whose whole force and strength is from them alone, may not put a period unto the progress of the dreadful calamity begun upon us, in the accusation of so many persons, whereof some, we hope, are yet clear from the great transgression laid to their charge.
Page 98 - Many threatening speeches were given out both against his person and his habitation, which they divulged should be consumed with fire; and taking advantage of the time when his company, which seemed little to regard...