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was roused a little , not to think of her - Colin , who could do nothing else for self ,
but to remember what appeared to her , put forward the armchair with the her a
duty unfulfilled . cushions towards the table , and Sora “ Oh , Mr . Lauderdale !
was roused a little , not to think of her - Colin , who could do nothing else for self ,
but to remember what appeared to her , put forward the armchair with the her a
duty unfulfilled . cushions towards the table , and Sora “ Oh , Mr . Lauderdale !
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By means of her sympathy faintly appeared those beginnings of and gratitude ,
and the still deeper profound ... knitting , sometimes and , to all visible
appearance , expanded with her distaff like a buxom Fate , sat and enlarged her
mind .
By means of her sympathy faintly appeared those beginnings of and gratitude ,
and the still deeper profound ... knitting , sometimes and , to all visible
appearance , expanded with her distaff like a buxom Fate , sat and enlarged her
mind .
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And here appeared both the simplicity and the prudence of his character . He
was the eldest of three children of a retired civil servant of the East India
Company , who was still alive , and who indeed survived him ; and , though he
might have ...
And here appeared both the simplicity and the prudence of his character . He
was the eldest of three children of a retired civil servant of the East India
Company , who was still alive , and who indeed survived him ; and , though he
might have ...
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... some who now meet us disguised as formal worldlings ; all the delights of that
life , whether at Cambridge or at Pisa , that cines not again . ' Youthful
conversation of The life of a most extraordinary man has recently appeared The
Cambridge ...
... some who now meet us disguised as formal worldlings ; all the delights of that
life , whether at Cambridge or at Pisa , that cines not again . ' Youthful
conversation of The life of a most extraordinary man has recently appeared The
Cambridge ...
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The life of a most extraordinary man has recently appeared , and should be
studied by all who are interested in the curiosities of literature and art . ' To this
generation he is nearly unknown . To his contemporaries he most frequently
seemed to ...
The life of a most extraordinary man has recently appeared , and should be
studied by all who are interested in the curiosities of literature and art . ' To this
generation he is nearly unknown . To his contemporaries he most frequently
seemed to ...
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Page 108 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
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Page 277 - By general law, life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
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Page 277 - It was in the oath I took that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.