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... seemed most ish knowledge he ever appeared to possess , to to bias the material , and the word craft to be ex- investigate the feelings at heart of even the most ercised needlessly , and the diction to run to waste , depraved , and ...
... seemed most ish knowledge he ever appeared to possess , to to bias the material , and the word craft to be ex- investigate the feelings at heart of even the most ercised needlessly , and the diction to run to waste , depraved , and ...
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... seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation , while I admired the powers of a superior man as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child . Perhaps no human being was ever more ...
... seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation , while I admired the powers of a superior man as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child . Perhaps no human being was ever more ...
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... seemed the genial air , Was then at enmity with English blood ; In foreign climes ; nor did this fury taste For , but the race of England , all were safe The foreign blood that England then contained . " In two months 40,000 were ...
... seemed the genial air , Was then at enmity with English blood ; In foreign climes ; nor did this fury taste For , but the race of England , all were safe The foreign blood that England then contained . " In two months 40,000 were ...
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... seemed to have but one common interest . We were early up , early to bed , busy all day ; and we enjoyed our short evening as only those can enjoy the hours of relaxation who have earned them by daily duties well performed . We did not ...
... seemed to have but one common interest . We were early up , early to bed , busy all day ; and we enjoyed our short evening as only those can enjoy the hours of relaxation who have earned them by daily duties well performed . We did not ...
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... seemed hopeless . There remained but one or two holes more . A shout of joy broke from us both : there was the paper ! But was it possible we had entered by that little hole ? It must be so . It was truly so small , that we had ...
... seemed hopeless . There remained but one or two holes more . A shout of joy broke from us both : there was the paper ! But was it possible we had entered by that little hole ? It must be so . It was truly so small , that we had ...
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Page 17 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 17 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 254 - ... that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 199 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do -unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word : and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Page 66 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 268 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 181 - OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now...
Page 257 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 177 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 196 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.