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... dark . " Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " The sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be ...
... dark . " Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " The sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be ...
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... dark and sluggish water , which is curl- ed by no breeze , and enlivened by no murmur , till it falls into a dead sea , where startled passengers are awakened by the shock , and the next moment buried in the gulf of Oblivion . 13. Of ...
... dark and sluggish water , which is curl- ed by no breeze , and enlivened by no murmur , till it falls into a dead sea , where startled passengers are awakened by the shock , and the next moment buried in the gulf of Oblivion . 13. Of ...
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... darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was going , or whether he 38 ...
... darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was going , or whether he 38 ...
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... darkness of old age begins to invade us , and disease and anxiety obstruct our way . We then look back upon our lives with horrour , with sor- row , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ...
... darkness of old age begins to invade us , and disease and anxiety obstruct our way . We then look back upon our lives with horrour , with sor- row , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ...
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... dark and dreary waste , through which there does not issue a single ray of comfort . 2. Every delusive prospect of ambition is now at an end ; long experience of mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous ...
... dark and dreary waste , through which there does not issue a single ray of comfort . 2. Every delusive prospect of ambition is now at an end ; long experience of mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous ...
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