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... brought to him by the governor ; but the governor is a descendant of one of the murderers of the Imam Hussein ; Tamer- lane is informed of it , loads him with reproaches , and drives him from his pres- ence . The emperor presently sees ...
... brought to him by the governor ; but the governor is a descendant of one of the murderers of the Imam Hussein ; Tamer- lane is informed of it , loads him with reproaches , and drives him from his pres- ence . The emperor presently sees ...
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... brought news of it . However , all I will tell you is , that there is room for all good people there , for it is 330,000 cubits long . If you do not believe , inquire . As for getting to be one of the good people , let me tell you it is ...
... brought news of it . However , all I will tell you is , that there is room for all good people there , for it is 330,000 cubits long . If you do not believe , inquire . As for getting to be one of the good people , let me tell you it is ...
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... brought an empty water bottle , and thrown it , a silent token of distress , before the feet of Abbas , the uncle of Hussein ; Abbas had sallied out to cut his way to the river , and had been slain . Afterwards Ali - Akber , Hussein's ...
... brought an empty water bottle , and thrown it , a silent token of distress , before the feet of Abbas , the uncle of Hussein ; Abbas had sallied out to cut his way to the river , and had been slain . Afterwards Ali - Akber , Hussein's ...
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... brought him close to the back of the cottage , a great portion of his an- ger had vanished , and had given place to a soreness which instead of urging him to angry upbraidings , prompted him to take the dear transgressor in his arms ...
... brought him close to the back of the cottage , a great portion of his an- ger had vanished , and had given place to a soreness which instead of urging him to angry upbraidings , prompted him to take the dear transgressor in his arms ...
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fever and other complaints their ill - drained and ill - ventilated dwellings brought upon them by saying , " It served ' em right ; ' twas a judgment on ' em . There was al- ways something the matter with such folks . " It was to these ...
fever and other complaints their ill - drained and ill - ventilated dwellings brought upon them by saying , " It served ' em right ; ' twas a judgment on ' em . There was al- ways something the matter with such folks . " It was to these ...
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Page 284 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 71 - The other shape, — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either, — black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 68 - A nun demure of lowly port; Or sprightly maiden, of Love's court, In thy simplicity the sport Of all temptations; A queen in crown of rubies drest ; A starveling in a scanty vest; Are all, as seems to suit thee best, Thy appellations.
Page 256 - Strange to think by the way, Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.
Page 408 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 408 - To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke ; Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restored...
Page 68 - To every natural form, rock, fruit, or flower, Even the loose stones that cover the highway, I gave a moral life : I saw them feel, Or linked them to some feeling : the great mass Lay bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning.
Page 69 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 73 - By the mercy of God, I am already come within twenty years of his number, a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine.
Page 5 - He traversed the desert of Arabia with a timorous retinue of women and children ; but as he approached the confines of Irak he was alarmed by the solitary or hostile face of the country, and suspected either the defection or ruin of his party. His fears were just: Obeidollah, the governor of Cufa, had...