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... seen the working and the dissi- pation of this charm with a rapidity to which the events of former times bear as remote a relation as the gradual processes of nature to her deluges and volcanoes . In tracing the Papal empire over ...
... seen the working and the dissi- pation of this charm with a rapidity to which the events of former times bear as remote a relation as the gradual processes of nature to her deluges and volcanoes . In tracing the Papal empire over ...
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... seen beside the Almighty throne , Together sprung , before the birth of time , From God's own glory , while he dwelt alone ; - These , when creation made its wonders known , Were sent to mortals , that their mingling powers What did the ...
... seen beside the Almighty throne , Together sprung , before the birth of time , From God's own glory , while he dwelt alone ; - These , when creation made its wonders known , Were sent to mortals , that their mingling powers What did the ...
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... seen your acquaintance , or left your card , it is now the duty of your acquaintance ( supposing it is a call of ceremonial intercourse ) to return the call within a reasonable time . If he do ' The receiver of an invitation has a duty ...
... seen your acquaintance , or left your card , it is now the duty of your acquaintance ( supposing it is a call of ceremonial intercourse ) to return the call within a reasonable time . If he do ' The receiver of an invitation has a duty ...
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... seen such workmanship no remorse in presenting us with the following performed . Thus , we have the same portion of non sequitur : - " Now , doubtless , the reader may the narrative two , and occasionally three , times imagine ...
... seen such workmanship no remorse in presenting us with the following performed . Thus , we have the same portion of non sequitur : - " Now , doubtless , the reader may the narrative two , and occasionally three , times imagine ...
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... seen , " say the chroniclers , " a- memorial from Santa Anna to the three courts of France , Spain , and England , in which he offers to put himself at the head of an expeditionary army to plant monarchy on the Mexican soil . He places ...
... seen , " say the chroniclers , " a- memorial from Santa Anna to the three courts of France , Spain , and England , in which he offers to put himself at the head of an expeditionary army to plant monarchy on the Mexican soil . He places ...
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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.