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... Mamma ? This is Mrs. N. - Very delightful , indeed , my dear ; ( turning to Mr. Davenport , added , ) I admire those transparent globules on the trees , representing , I imagine , the effects of the dissipated mist . What tree is that ...
... Mamma ? This is Mrs. N. - Very delightful , indeed , my dear ; ( turning to Mr. Davenport , added , ) I admire those transparent globules on the trees , representing , I imagine , the effects of the dissipated mist . What tree is that ...
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... Mamma , if the place were not so solitary ; but I can neither see the gardener nor his lady . D. - I should rather have denomi- nated him King , for here he reigns supreme , and has lately received the homage of his subjects . He is now ...
... Mamma , if the place were not so solitary ; but I can neither see the gardener nor his lady . D. - I should rather have denomi- nated him King , for here he reigns supreme , and has lately received the homage of his subjects . He is now ...
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... ornament the bower ; while the myrtle , rose , and laurel , constitute a most beautiful treillis round its sides ; and near the entrance is a bank , thickly embossed with violets . Do , my dear Mamma , look D 2 ADAM AND EVE . 31.
... ornament the bower ; while the myrtle , rose , and laurel , constitute a most beautiful treillis round its sides ; and near the entrance is a bank , thickly embossed with violets . Do , my dear Mamma , look D 2 ADAM AND EVE . 31.
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... Mamma ! I can see Adam and Eve coming to the front of the arbour . Mrs. N. - You are right , Harriot ; they are now kneeling down on the violet bank which your sister men- tioned ; are they , Sir , going to their morning devotions ? D ...
... Mamma ! I can see Adam and Eve coming to the front of the arbour . Mrs. N. - You are right , Harriot ; they are now kneeling down on the violet bank which your sister men- tioned ; are they , Sir , going to their morning devotions ? D ...
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... Mamma , only it is now very cloudy . Mrs. Neville . - Cloudy , my love ! such a dismal sombre hue pervades the whole , that I can scarcely distin- guish the respective objects , and those I do perceive awaken a painful thought . Fruits ...
... Mamma , only it is now very cloudy . Mrs. Neville . - Cloudy , my love ! such a dismal sombre hue pervades the whole , that I can scarcely distin- guish the respective objects , and those I do perceive awaken a painful thought . Fruits ...
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Page 198 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 85 - And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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Page 57 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
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Page 58 - And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons
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