The Metropolitan, Volume 43James Cochrane, 1845 - English literature |
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... thought of , while a contrary training was , in many instances prac- tised ; thirdly , because veneration , instead of being excited to the beauty and value of veracity , and the evil tendency and despicable nature of falseness . pre ...
... thought of , while a contrary training was , in many instances prac- tised ; thirdly , because veneration , instead of being excited to the beauty and value of veracity , and the evil tendency and despicable nature of falseness . pre ...
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... thought of what he might have been to Imma . How cordially he wished no cloud had ever interposed between Florestan and Amidea ; or that some unexpected event would discover Florestan living and acquitted ; but he felt that wish was ...
... thought of what he might have been to Imma . How cordially he wished no cloud had ever interposed between Florestan and Amidea ; or that some unexpected event would discover Florestan living and acquitted ; but he felt that wish was ...
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... thoughts ; while it exists it will employ them . Were it cleared away the tantalizing interest would cease , and my ... thought so too -once hoped to have cleared the fame of the brave dead ; but my hopes were vain . I told you of my ...
... thoughts ; while it exists it will employ them . Were it cleared away the tantalizing interest would cease , and my ... thought so too -once hoped to have cleared the fame of the brave dead ; but my hopes were vain . I told you of my ...
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... thought how nearly his wish should be accom- plished . His mental eye was spared the prophetic vision of that scene of death soon to be acted on that very spot - the tide of mingled blood soon to stain the base of that very statue . How ...
... thought how nearly his wish should be accom- plished . His mental eye was spared the prophetic vision of that scene of death soon to be acted on that very spot - the tide of mingled blood soon to stain the base of that very statue . How ...
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... thoughts were occupied by the re- quired interview at the Palazzo Amidei , and he began to wonder at the delay of Valdo and Antonio . " What can she have to say to them ? " thought he . " What ? unless to ask them of Florestan . Yet why ...
... thoughts were occupied by the re- quired interview at the Palazzo Amidei , and he began to wonder at the delay of Valdo and Antonio . " What can she have to say to them ? " thought he . " What ? unless to ask them of Florestan . Yet why ...
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