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... present of threepence or sixpence . With these sums , Clare bought a few books . When he could read tolerably well , he borrowed of one of his companions , Robinson Crusoe ; and at the age of thirteen he met with a copy of Thomp- son's ...
... present of threepence or sixpence . With these sums , Clare bought a few books . When he could read tolerably well , he borrowed of one of his companions , Robinson Crusoe ; and at the age of thirteen he met with a copy of Thomp- son's ...
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... present it to our readers as producing much beauty , pathos , and tenderness . " Maria Eleonora Schoning , was the daughter of a Nuremberg wire - drawer . She received her unhappy existence at the price of her mother's life , and at the ...
... present it to our readers as producing much beauty , pathos , and tenderness . " Maria Eleonora Schoning , was the daughter of a Nuremberg wire - drawer . She received her unhappy existence at the price of her mother's life , and at the ...
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... present in a storm , and shriek out because their keel dashes against a rock , or bulges under them ; how many people there are that weep with want , and are mad with oppression , or are desperate by a " The sitting magistrate , before ...
... present in a storm , and shriek out because their keel dashes against a rock , or bulges under them ; how many people there are that weep with want , and are mad with oppression , or are desperate by a " The sitting magistrate , before ...
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... present ; but with a menace of sending her to the House of Correction if she were brought before him a second time . The idea of her own innocence now became uppermost in her mind ; but mingling with the thought of her utter forlornness ...
... present ; but with a menace of sending her to the House of Correction if she were brought before him a second time . The idea of her own innocence now became uppermost in her mind ; but mingling with the thought of her utter forlornness ...
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... present pub- lishers gave Clare twenty pounds for them . On their publication they had a very extensive run , and were promptly purchased by many as a mere act of be- nevolence . About a month after their appearance , the noble family ...
... present pub- lishers gave Clare twenty pounds for them . On their publication they had a very extensive run , and were promptly purchased by many as a mere act of be- nevolence . About a month after their appearance , the noble family ...
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Page 123 - 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 384 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 123 - 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?
Page 125 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 103 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Page 123 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells : In native swords and native ranks The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.
Page 123 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 263 - ... broker's shop, but she spies something that may be wanted some time ; and it is impossible to make her pass the door of a house where she hears goods selling by auction.
Page 218 - LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Page 195 - Which kiss'd it like a wine-cup, rising o'er The waves as they arose, and prouder still The loftier they uplifted me ; and oft, In wantonness of spirit, plunging down Into their green and glassy gulfs, and making My way to shells and sea-weed...