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... expected , after a long life of gallant services , and to die la- mented when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene . He had not , however , considered that there often is an earnestness in civil affairs that ex ...
... expected , after a long life of gallant services , and to die la- mented when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene . He had not , however , considered that there often is an earnestness in civil affairs that ex ...
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... expects to be obeyed - this is strange language ; - and all because Henry is bookishly inclined , and affects the company of secular men , re- nowned for learning . We certainly live in mystical times . In the camp , where I have spent ...
... expects to be obeyed - this is strange language ; - and all because Henry is bookishly inclined , and affects the company of secular men , re- nowned for learning . We certainly live in mystical times . In the camp , where I have spent ...
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... Father Dominick , whom he apprehended , from his recluse habits , might not be quite so efficient a mediator with the veteran as the other members of the Chapter expected . CHAPTER V. " Be with the gentle gentle , Froward 36 THE LUTHERANS .
... Father Dominick , whom he apprehended , from his recluse habits , might not be quite so efficient a mediator with the veteran as the other members of the Chapter expected . CHAPTER V. " Be with the gentle gentle , Froward 36 THE LUTHERANS .
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... expected with solicitude . But that morose Monk has stepped in like a cloud , and marred the day's sunshine . He is a man , however , unused to many humanities , and we must overlook his foibles , even while they molest us . " Matilda ...
... expected with solicitude . But that morose Monk has stepped in like a cloud , and marred the day's sunshine . He is a man , however , unused to many humanities , and we must overlook his foibles , even while they molest us . " Matilda ...
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... expected to be advocated by Father Dominick , he acted so benignly , for it could not be disguised that his manner and coun- sel seemed to partake of an elevated quality ; but no one suspected that he himself rued , from the bottom of ...
... expected to be advocated by Father Dominick , he acted so benignly , for it could not be disguised that his manner and coun- sel seemed to partake of an elevated quality ; but no one suspected that he himself rued , from the bottom of ...
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Page 208 - MARY'S DREAM The moon had climbed the highest hill Which rises o'er the source of Dee, And from the eastern summit shed Her silver light on tower and tree; When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea, When, soft and low, a voice was heard, Saying: "Mary, weep no more for me!
Page 178 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 5 - IMMEDIATELY after the celebrated battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. of France was taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V...
Page 8 - But her self-command altogether forsook her, when, after the prescribed formula of service was at an end, her uncle again kneeled down reverently on the cushion by his bed-side, and prayed fervently for her and for her future happiness, and that the Almighty protection might be extended over her when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene. And when, as connected with this dearest object of his heart, he put up earnest petitions for him who was already destined to be her husband...