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... seen to be marvellously and wonderfully made , how much may we expect to have our investiga- tions rewarded when we come down from our leaning tower of Pisa , our monument of Fish Street Hill , our balloon over Paris , to follow ...
... seen to be marvellously and wonderfully made , how much may we expect to have our investiga- tions rewarded when we come down from our leaning tower of Pisa , our monument of Fish Street Hill , our balloon over Paris , to follow ...
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... seen the world , mark you , a man who knows it through and through ; yet so much a mortal of clay that he deems it with the poet better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all . My new hero , it will be noted , is a ...
... seen the world , mark you , a man who knows it through and through ; yet so much a mortal of clay that he deems it with the poet better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all . My new hero , it will be noted , is a ...
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... seen a lady with the old gentleman this time , and she had diamonds , shining sparkling jewels , on her neck and her arms . Indeed , she was more grand , but not as pretty , as the queen in the opera . " It is the theatre that fills her ...
... seen a lady with the old gentleman this time , and she had diamonds , shining sparkling jewels , on her neck and her arms . Indeed , she was more grand , but not as pretty , as the queen in the opera . " It is the theatre that fills her ...
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... seen in the streets here . Then we went into a great room with a shining floor , and there a lady was sitting . She also had a white wig and a grand dress of satin with pretty flowers upon it . And monsieur said : " Look here , little ...
... seen in the streets here . Then we went into a great room with a shining floor , and there a lady was sitting . She also had a white wig and a grand dress of satin with pretty flowers upon it . And monsieur said : " Look here , little ...
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... seen him wring his hands and look most of all grieved and perplexed . " I know , I feel he wants me to help him , le pauvre vieux mon- sieur ! " she adds , turning her wistfully ap- pealing eyes upon her father . " I wish he would tell ...
... seen him wring his hands and look most of all grieved and perplexed . " I know , I feel he wants me to help him , le pauvre vieux mon- sieur ! " she adds , turning her wistfully ap- pealing eyes upon her father . " I wish he would tell ...
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Page 39 - This languishing head is at rest ; Its thinking and aching are o'er; This quiet, immovable breast, Is heaved by affliction no more This heart is no longer the seat Of trouble and torturing pain; It ceases to flutter and beat — It never shall flutter again.
Page 30 - THERE'S a song in the air ! There's a star in the sky ! There's a mother's deep prayer And a baby's low cry ! And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!
Page 30 - Ay ! the star rains its fire and the Beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king. In the light of that star Lie the ages impearled ; And that song from afar Has swept over the world. Every hearth is aflame, and the Beautiful sing In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King.
Page 1 - YEARS they have been used most extensively as a Family Medicine, thousands having found them a simple and safe remedy, and one needful to be kept always at hand. These Pills are purely Vegetable, being entirely free from Mercury or any other Mineral, and those who may not hitherto have proved their efficacy will do well to give them a Trial. Recommended for Disorders of the Head, Chest, Bowels, Liver and Kidneys ; also in Rheumatism, Ulcers, Sores, and all Skin Diseases— these Pills being a direct...
Page 2 - COLLINS. The Law and the Lady. By WILKIE COLLINS. The Two Destinies. By WILKIE COLLINS. The Haunted Hotel. By WILKIE COLLINS. The Fallen Leaves.
Page 1 - YEARS they have been used most extensively as a FAMILY MEDICINE, thousands having found them a simple and safe remedy, and one needful to be kept always at hand. These Pills are purely Vegetable, being entirely free from Mercury or any other Mineral...
Page 2 - Held in Bondage. By OUIDA. Strathmore. By OUIDA. Chandos. By OUIDA. Under Two Flags. By OUIDA. Idalia. By OUIDA. Cecil Castlemaine. By OUIDA. Tricotrin. By OUIDA. Puck. By OUIDA. Folle Farine. By OUIDA. Dog of Flanders. By OUIDA. Pascarel. By OUIDA. Two Little Wooden Shoes. By OUIDA. Signa. By OUIDA. In a Winter City. By OUIDA. Ariadne.
Page 39 - Thy word commands our flesh to dust : Return, ye sons of men. All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again.
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