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Prayer - books in her hands . Up to this I speak the voice of a man ' s yearning -
sad day it had been their custom to read but I ' ve no intention of contravening
prayers together on the Sundays , being the truth . He ' s gone like many a one
too ...
Prayer - books in her hands . Up to this I speak the voice of a man ' s yearning -
sad day it had been their custom to read but I ' ve no intention of contravening
prayers together on the Sundays , being the truth . He ' s gone like many a one
too ...
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... House of Commons , when he had ceased to adorn it , as it was said by Burke
of Charles Townshend : “ In truth , he was the delight and ornament of this House
, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence .
... House of Commons , when he had ceased to adorn it , as it was said by Burke
of Charles Townshend : “ In truth , he was the delight and ornament of this House
, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence .
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... he says in one of the accom . panying essays , ' a deep truth and tenderness in
the tone in which Giusti recalls those four happy years spent without care ; the
days , the nights “ smoked away " in free gladness , in laughter , in uninterrupted
...
... he says in one of the accom . panying essays , ' a deep truth and tenderness in
the tone in which Giusti recalls those four happy years spent without care ; the
days , the nights “ smoked away " in free gladness , in laughter , in uninterrupted
...
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So much has been written the engraver . “ Father , " he said , “ I do upon this
theme that it may seem to be not like the man ' s face ; he will live to now
exhausted ; but the truth is , that be hanged . ” And twelve years after we are not
yet in full ...
So much has been written the engraver . “ Father , " he said , “ I do upon this
theme that it may seem to be not like the man ' s face ; he will live to now
exhausted ; but the truth is , that be hanged . ” And twelve years after we are not
yet in full ...
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... on side by side , no matter how slight ; and the three “ each in its utmost force ,
are made by works to which we refer bear in his “ masterly treatment to produce a
start catalogue respectively the numbers 18 , 44 , “ ling and novel effect of truth .
... on side by side , no matter how slight ; and the three “ each in its utmost force ,
are made by works to which we refer bear in his “ masterly treatment to produce a
start catalogue respectively the numbers 18 , 44 , “ ling and novel effect of truth .
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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.