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Page 16
It is not - a - home - like what it used to be , " said Alice ; and then , perhaps
because something in Colin ' s looks had adver - tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps because the awakening sense sprung up in a moment , after long torpor
, a ...
It is not - a - home - like what it used to be , " said Alice ; and then , perhaps
because something in Colin ' s looks had adver - tised her of what was coming ;
perhaps because the awakening sense sprung up in a moment , after long torpor
, a ...
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... rural quiet of Madingley or Grantchester , sometimes perhaps “ Yearning for the
large excitement which the coming years would yield , ” but all , as they stood on
the threshold of life , hopeful and happy , gladdened by genial influences which ...
... rural quiet of Madingley or Grantchester , sometimes perhaps “ Yearning for the
large excitement which the coming years would yield , ” but all , as they stood on
the threshold of life , hopeful and happy , gladdened by genial influences which ...
Page 26
He told his father of the sight on coming home , and was about to receive a
flogging for the supposed lie , when his mother interfered and saved him for that
once . All his life he saw such visions . “ Did you ever see a fairy ' s funeral ,
madam ?
He told his father of the sight on coming home , and was about to receive a
flogging for the supposed lie , when his mother interfered and saved him for that
once . All his life he saw such visions . “ Did you ever see a fairy ' s funeral ,
madam ?
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Believing in the speedy coming of a golden age similar to the pristine state of
innocence , the elders in this family taught the children to run naked about the
house for a few hours every day , and in this condition the little innocents would
run ...
Believing in the speedy coming of a golden age similar to the pristine state of
innocence , the elders in this family taught the children to run naked about the
house for a few hours every day , and in this condition the little innocents would
run ...
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His old habits wert coming back fastamong others , that of laziness . ... The letter
was such a kind one that she went singing about the house for several days , and
Mr . Compton , coming down to see her , was delighted and surprised at the ...
His old habits wert coming back fastamong others , that of laziness . ... The letter
was such a kind one that she went singing about the house for several days , and
Mr . Compton , coming down to see her , was delighted and surprised at the ...
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Page 29 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Page 303 - I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery.
Page 29 - And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet?
Page 493 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 27 - What," it will be questioned, " when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying — ' Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty ! '" I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a sight.
Page 483 - A cup, save thee, and what a cup hast thou brought! Dost thou take me for a fairy, to drink out of an acorn?
Page 26 - There is no doubt this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott!
Page 303 - I had even tried to preserve the Constitution, if, to save slavery or any minor matter, I should permit the wreck of government, country, and Constitution all together. When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity.
Page 483 - Dost thou take me for a fairy, to drink out of an acorn? Why didst thou not bring thy thimble? Hast thou ne'er a brass thimble clinking in thy pocket with a bit of nutmeg? I warrant thee. Come, fill, fill. So, again.
Page 29 - So I piped, he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe thy happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer.' So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read — ' So he vanish'd from my sight.