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... received confirmation from his various misanthropic notions . - The epithet is given to them , not only on account of their harshness , but of the pernicious opinions they were calculated to cherish of mankind . In his conversation with ...
... received confirmation from his various misanthropic notions . - The epithet is given to them , not only on account of their harshness , but of the pernicious opinions they were calculated to cherish of mankind . In his conversation with ...
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... received as the orison of inanimate things . " At this juncture he beheld , coming from be- hind a plantation , the Lord Abbot of the monas- tery , on his way towards the castle . Something uneasy had arisen in the Abbot's mind when he ...
... received as the orison of inanimate things . " At this juncture he beheld , coming from be- hind a plantation , the Lord Abbot of the monas- tery , on his way towards the castle . Something uneasy had arisen in the Abbot's mind when he ...
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... received . " This subtle speech affected Matilda ex- tremely , and she replied— " I think so too ; one cannot lift one's eyes to any thing in nature - the skies , the land- scape , or whatever is foul or fair - without seeing it ; we ...
... received . " This subtle speech affected Matilda ex- tremely , and she replied— " I think so too ; one cannot lift one's eyes to any thing in nature - the skies , the land- scape , or whatever is foul or fair - without seeing it ; we ...
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... received , answered , — " Good Father , if I am in error look on my fault with pity . The heart does not love upon resolution , but is impelled by Heaven ; it is in that way Providence works out its purposes . " She thus touched the key ...
... received , answered , — " Good Father , if I am in error look on my fault with pity . The heart does not love upon resolution , but is impelled by Heaven ; it is in that way Providence works out its purposes . " She thus touched the key ...
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... received from the whole house great credit for his dis- cernment . It is thus that opinions are often formed ; the violence of the Count's dislike , which arose from disease , was ascribed to the acuteness of his perception , and he was ...
... received from the whole house great credit for his dis- cernment . It is thus that opinions are often formed ; the violence of the Count's dislike , which arose from disease , was ascribed to the acuteness of his perception , and he was ...
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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...