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... soon as I had hoped she would . It was more than a whole quar- ter of an hour past three o'clock in the morning before I got it and was dress ed ; and when I was dressed , I durst not almost look at myself in the look ing - glass , with ...
... soon as I had hoped she would . It was more than a whole quar- ter of an hour past three o'clock in the morning before I got it and was dress ed ; and when I was dressed , I durst not almost look at myself in the look ing - glass , with ...
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... soon after there was a great clamour of trumpets and sono- rous instruments , proclaiming as it were , " God save the King , " all the spectators standing , and the very raf- ters of the hall dirling in sympathy , for truly it was a ...
... soon after there was a great clamour of trumpets and sono- rous instruments , proclaiming as it were , " God save the King , " all the spectators standing , and the very raf- ters of the hall dirling in sympathy , for truly it was a ...
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... soon began to make long arms towards the eatables , which me and Doc- tor Pringle thought a most voracious thing of them , and not well bred to- wards his sacred and anointed Ma- jesty , who was undergoing such a great fatigue that day ...
... soon began to make long arms towards the eatables , which me and Doc- tor Pringle thought a most voracious thing of them , and not well bred to- wards his sacred and anointed Ma- jesty , who was undergoing such a great fatigue that day ...
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... Soon after the Knight Grand Cross had come up , I perceived the gentleman in the scarlet frock ( who appeared to be ... Soon after I was seated , I missed my glove , and returned in search of it to the close vicinity of Lady A. , when ...
... Soon after the Knight Grand Cross had come up , I perceived the gentleman in the scarlet frock ( who appeared to be ... Soon after I was seated , I missed my glove , and returned in search of it to the close vicinity of Lady A. , when ...
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... soon found his shop , and , the door being open , popped in ; where , behold , the first face I saw was that of an elderly reverend - looking divine , a man of the most benevolent aspect . Behind him was a tall dark squinting politician ...
... soon found his shop , and , the door being open , popped in ; where , behold , the first face I saw was that of an elderly reverend - looking divine , a man of the most benevolent aspect . Behind him was a tall dark squinting politician ...
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Page 353 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words : Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 94 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 282 - But to my mind, — though I am native here, And to the manner born, — it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
Page 94 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! _ . He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 290 - A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 94 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave, — Think ye he meant them for a slave?
Page 94 - And where are they ? And where art thou ? My Country ! On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more. And must thy lyre, so long divine...
Page 94 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 95 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above ! Ave Maria ! oh, that face so fair ! Those downcast eyes beneath the Almighty dove — What though 'tis but a pictured image ? — strike — That painting is no idol, — 'tis too like.
Page 426 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...