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... passed through a corridor , from which , in stress of soapsuds , these gilt - wood and tissue lacqueys , all , save one , had been expelled . This was lingering , with its gaudy uniform , half muffled in a blouse ; the emblems of ...
... passed through a corridor , from which , in stress of soapsuds , these gilt - wood and tissue lacqueys , all , save one , had been expelled . This was lingering , with its gaudy uniform , half muffled in a blouse ; the emblems of ...
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... passed , it must be made endurable ; and , as there are mental calibres too con- fined for books and pictures as a staple resource , these will fall back upon the tamer conceptions of fixtures and furniture . For such , even a happy ...
... passed , it must be made endurable ; and , as there are mental calibres too con- fined for books and pictures as a staple resource , these will fall back upon the tamer conceptions of fixtures and furniture . For such , even a happy ...
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... passed off very well . I did not say anything beyond this , being afraid of of- fending against the rules of the ceremony , and being also determined strictly to follow my friend's advice , in only acting as the other men did . Once ...
... passed off very well . I did not say anything beyond this , being afraid of of- fending against the rules of the ceremony , and being also determined strictly to follow my friend's advice , in only acting as the other men did . Once ...
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... passing , remark that a natural self - complacency in mankind , which rests contented with present attainments , and which shrinks from investigating too deeply the arcana of first princi- ples , added to , and intimately connected with ...
... passing , remark that a natural self - complacency in mankind , which rests contented with present attainments , and which shrinks from investigating too deeply the arcana of first princi- ples , added to , and intimately connected with ...
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LELOTONS & the ADETUSE :: issue , == " emarkt neerei . We 4- alter - ti --- destined to distinguish himself . Passing through the successive ranks.
LELOTONS & the ADETUSE :: issue , == " emarkt neerei . We 4- alter - ti --- destined to distinguish himself . Passing through the successive ranks.
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Page 9 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 8 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 399 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 426 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Page 525 - I wanted to see the whites," said he ; "I came away from my own people to see the whites, and I wouldn't care to die among them ; but here" — and he looked around into the cold night and gloomy forest, and, drawing his blanket over his head, began again to lament. Seated around the tree, the fire illuminating the rocks and the tall bolls of the pines round about, and the old Indian haranguing, we presented a group of very serious faces.
Page 527 - Monterey; and still forced on south by a desert on one hand, and a mountain range on the other; guided by a civilized Indian, attended by two wild ones from the Sierra; a Chinook from the Columbia; and our own mixture of American, French, German — all armed; four or five languages heard at once ; above a hundred horses and mules, half wild; American, Spanish, and Indian dresses and equipments intermingled — such was our composition.
Page 525 - Rock upon rock — rock upon rock — snow upon snow — snow upon snow," said he; "even if you get over the snow, you will not be able to get down from the mountains." He made us the sign of precipices, and showed us how the feet of the horses would slip, and throw them off from the narrow trails which led along their sides.
Page 520 - ... and the spray, which was thrown into the boat and over our clothes, was directly converted into a crust of common salt, which covered also our hands and arms.
Page 9 - Peace, brother : be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils : For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid...
Page 8 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i