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... earth . Then floods of tears are seen to flow . The knees are bended ; or the body prostrated on the ground . The arms are spread in a suppliant posture , and the voice of deprecation is uttered with sighs , groans , tim- idity ...
... earth . Then floods of tears are seen to flow . The knees are bended ; or the body prostrated on the ground . The arms are spread in a suppliant posture , and the voice of deprecation is uttered with sighs , groans , tim- idity ...
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... earth seems to tremble under them . Pride , assumes a lofty look , bordering upon the aspect and attitude of anger . The eyes open , but with the eye- brows considerably drawn down ; the mouth pouting out , mostly shut , and the lips ...
... earth seems to tremble under them . Pride , assumes a lofty look , bordering upon the aspect and attitude of anger . The eyes open , but with the eye- brows considerably drawn down ; the mouth pouting out , mostly shut , and the lips ...
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... earth . Then he begins to rock from side to side , or backward and forward , like an aged pine on the side of an hill . when a brisk wind blows .. The bands are elasped together . and often lifted , and the head often shaken with ...
... earth . Then he begins to rock from side to side , or backward and forward , like an aged pine on the side of an hill . when a brisk wind blows .. The bands are elasped together . and often lifted , and the head often shaken with ...
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... earth gay and delightful , while she is carrying on her great work , aud intent upon her own preservation . The hus- bandman , after the same manner , is employed in laying out the whole country into a kind of garden or landscape , and ...
... earth gay and delightful , while she is carrying on her great work , aud intent upon her own preservation . The hus- bandman , after the same manner , is employed in laying out the whole country into a kind of garden or landscape , and ...
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... earth , or in the language of an ingenious French poet , of those pismires that people this heap of dirt , which human vanity has di- vided into climates and regions . XIII - Journal of the life of Alexander Severus- GIBBON . ALEXANDER ...
... earth , or in the language of an ingenious French poet , of those pismires that people this heap of dirt , which human vanity has di- vided into climates and regions . XIII - Journal of the life of Alexander Severus- GIBBON . ALEXANDER ...
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