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Page 43
... noble spirit , which would otherwise lie torpid , give no example to the living , and bequeath no name to future ages . Society knows not , and cannot know , the mental treasures which slumber in her bosom , till necessity and ...
... noble spirit , which would otherwise lie torpid , give no example to the living , and bequeath no name to future ages . Society knows not , and cannot know , the mental treasures which slumber in her bosom , till necessity and ...
Page 44
Walter Scott. " It must be a noble sight , " said Julian , “ to behold the slumbering energies of a great mind awakened into energy , and to see it assume the authority which is its due over spirits more mean- ly endowed . " 66 " I once ...
Walter Scott. " It must be a noble sight , " said Julian , “ to behold the slumbering energies of a great mind awakened into energy , and to see it assume the authority which is its due over spirits more mean- ly endowed . " 66 " I once ...
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... noble friend whom I had long since deemed in glory ; but he gave me no time to speak , had speech been pru- dent . Sinking on his knees , and signing us to obey him , he poured forth a strong and energetic thanksgiving for the turning ...
... noble friend whom I had long since deemed in glory ; but he gave me no time to speak , had speech been pru- dent . Sinking on his knees , and signing us to obey him , he poured forth a strong and energetic thanksgiving for the turning ...
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... noble . But in the surrender of the island by Christian , the furniture had been , in a great measure , plundered or destroyed by the re- publican soldiers ; so that , as we have before hint- ed , its present state was ill adapted for ...
... noble . But in the surrender of the island by Christian , the furniture had been , in a great measure , plundered or destroyed by the re- publican soldiers ; so that , as we have before hint- ed , its present state was ill adapted for ...
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... noble kinsman mingle more in its irregularities than he approved of , and had sometimes played the part of a monitor . Cir- cumstances seemed at present to give the Earl a right of retaliation . He kept his eye fixed on his friend , as ...
... noble kinsman mingle more in its irregularities than he approved of , and had sometimes played the part of a monitor . Cir- cumstances seemed at present to give the Earl a right of retaliation . He kept his eye fixed on his friend , as ...
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Page 227 - What is this world ? what axen men to have ? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Alone withouten any compagnie.
Page 47 - ... fell fast by their unerring fire. In this state of confusion, and while we were about to adopt the desperate project of evacuating the village, and, placing the women and children in the centre, of attempting a retreat to the nearest settlement, it pleased Heaven to send us unexpected assistance. A tall man, of a reverend appearance, whom no one...
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...