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... perhaps object that , as atmospheres of that extreme purpleness ( as if mulberry - juice were substituted for the ordinary vehicle ) are very rare , and that as the mere work of the picture must have occupied several weeks , these ...
... perhaps object that , as atmospheres of that extreme purpleness ( as if mulberry - juice were substituted for the ordinary vehicle ) are very rare , and that as the mere work of the picture must have occupied several weeks , these ...
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... perhaps have given him the world . " And he , more generous than his countrymen , at once conciliates our goodwill by remarking that “ the English behaved admirably there . The four companies of the Guards of Cooke maintained themselves ...
... perhaps have given him the world . " And he , more generous than his countrymen , at once conciliates our goodwill by remarking that “ the English behaved admirably there . The four companies of the Guards of Cooke maintained themselves ...
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... water any more ? Because it is full of skeletons . " · " They Perhaps but cast into it three hundred dead . too diligently . Were all dead ? Tradition says No. It seems that in the night which followed the 96 VICTOR HUGO ON.
... water any more ? Because it is full of skeletons . " · " They Perhaps but cast into it three hundred dead . too diligently . Were all dead ? Tradition says No. It seems that in the night which followed the 96 VICTOR HUGO ON.
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... perhaps given Napoleon the world . " The men who died to prevent that result can hardly be said to have died in vain , nor do the countrymen of those who defended Hougomont look upon their lives as thrown away . Quitting this particular ...
... perhaps given Napoleon the world . " The men who died to prevent that result can hardly be said to have died in vain , nor do the countrymen of those who defended Hougomont look upon their lives as thrown away . Quitting this particular ...
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... perhaps taking appearances for realities , " reveals to us his theory of the action of Waterloo . It was , he says , " a concatenation of chances dominat- ing the two captains . " This is the creed with which we are already so familiar ...
... perhaps taking appearances for realities , " reveals to us his theory of the action of Waterloo . It was , he says , " a concatenation of chances dominat- ing the two captains . " This is the creed with which we are already so familiar ...
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Page 154 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 142 - Thy waters washed them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play; Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
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Page 146 - UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES Whenas in silks my Julia goes Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free; O how that glittering taketh me!
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