The Metropolitan, Volume 44James Cochrane, 1845 - English literature |
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... will yet be much more happy by the dissolution of our contract than she could have been by its fulfilment . Do not ask me why , for I am not at liberty to explain ; but I am a true prophet 6 The Glee - singers ; or ,
... will yet be much more happy by the dissolution of our contract than she could have been by its fulfilment . Do not ask me why , for I am not at liberty to explain ; but I am a true prophet 6 The Glee - singers ; or ,
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... happy love . As the hour drew near Buondelmonte ( from whose side Imma had withdrawn to meet her confessor ) remembered how different were his feelings now from what they had been on the day ap- pointed for his first intended marriage ...
... happy love . As the hour drew near Buondelmonte ( from whose side Imma had withdrawn to meet her confessor ) remembered how different were his feelings now from what they had been on the day ap- pointed for his first intended marriage ...
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... happy . They both began to hope that the assassin , once so completely foiled , would never repeat his attempt ; and Buondelmonte even persuaded his bride that it was possible the miscreant might have died of the wound he had received ...
... happy . They both began to hope that the assassin , once so completely foiled , would never repeat his attempt ; and Buondelmonte even persuaded his bride that it was possible the miscreant might have died of the wound he had received ...
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... happy con- sciousness to the heart of each ; their second remarked the altera- tion that little more than eighteen months had wrought in each . Florestan was more pale and thin ; his features were more promi- nent , and his countenance ...
... happy con- sciousness to the heart of each ; their second remarked the altera- tion that little more than eighteen months had wrought in each . Florestan was more pale and thin ; his features were more promi- nent , and his countenance ...
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... happy - not with riotous , vehement joy ; it was a sober and chastened feeling . Vehement joy wearies the spirit ; chastened happiness refreshes it . The happiness that comes after suffering and sorrow is like the blessed rest that ...
... happy - not with riotous , vehement joy ; it was a sober and chastened feeling . Vehement joy wearies the spirit ; chastened happiness refreshes it . The happiness that comes after suffering and sorrow is like the blessed rest that ...
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Page 350 - And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness ; There is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, Wisdom's Call. 1 1 1 And right to them that find knowledge.
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Page 324 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 302 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
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Page 340 - A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving to Almighty GOD, for having put an end to the great Rebellion, by the restitution of the king and royal family, and the restoration of the government, after many years' interruption ; which unspeakable mercies were wonderfully completed upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660.
Page 301 - In a fit of most wise madness, I opened my broad-bladed fishing knife, and waved it around my head with an air of defiance. As the tide continued to rise, my extravagance of madness mounted. At one time, I became persuaded that my tide-waiters were reasonable beings, who might be talked into mercy and humanity, if a body could only hit upon the right text. So, I bowed, and gesticulated, and threw out my hands, and talked to them, as friends, and brothers, members of my family, cousins, uncles, aunts,...
Page 302 - I struck my knife at one of his eyes, and, by some singular fortune, cut it out clean from the socket. The shark darted back, and halted. In an instant, hope and reason came to my relief; and it occurred to me, that, if I could only blind the monster, I might yet escape. Accordingly, I stood ready for the next attack. The loss of an eye did not seem to affect him much, for, after shaking his head once or twice, he came up to me again, and, when he was about half an inch off, turned upon his back....
Page 303 - out his remaining organ of vision. He opened his big mouth, and ' champed his long teeth at me in despair ; but it was all over with ' him. I raised my right foot and gave him a hard shove, and he ' glided off into deep water, and went to the bottom. ' Well, gentlemen, I suppose...
Page 409 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.