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Some I am sure who received from him a series of undeserved kindnesses have preferred to seem ungrate- ful than to inflict on his memory the burden of their awkward praises and their bad rep- utation . Such motives may fairly influence ...
Some I am sure who received from him a series of undeserved kindnesses have preferred to seem ungrate- ful than to inflict on his memory the burden of their awkward praises and their bad rep- utation . Such motives may fairly influence ...
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We may be sure gossips marvelled at the absence of the true Bourbon elements , and wondered suspiciously how he could ever come to be shaped into the true and genuine Bourbon type . We , who look back , cannot see the makings of that ...
We may be sure gossips marvelled at the absence of the true Bourbon elements , and wondered suspiciously how he could ever come to be shaped into the true and genuine Bourbon type . We , who look back , cannot see the makings of that ...
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... to be brought out and held up by way of show , to soothe the agi- tation . On a child's mind those midnight rousings must have left a bewildering im- pression . 1 be sure there was joy and soft serenity up- stairs 18 THE LAST LEWISES .
... to be brought out and held up by way of show , to soothe the agi- tation . On a child's mind those midnight rousings must have left a bewildering im- pression . 1 be sure there was joy and soft serenity up- stairs 18 THE LAST LEWISES .
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be sure there was joy and soft serenity up- stairs in the palace bed - chambers as it was talked over . There were sweet tranquil dreams . All would yet be well . We are strong in the love of those dear French hearts !
be sure there was joy and soft serenity up- stairs in the palace bed - chambers as it was talked over . There were sweet tranquil dreams . All would yet be well . We are strong in the love of those dear French hearts !
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If he were in society at all , somebody would be sure to know . " It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford . It is a considerable town , it is true , now - a - days ...
If he were in society at all , somebody would be sure to know . " It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford . It is a considerable town , it is true , now - a - days ...
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Page 223 - Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means To do't; examples gross as earth exhort me, Witness this army of such mass and charge, Led by a delicate and tender Prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd, Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, 104 Even for an egg-shell.
Page 235 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue) A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 463 - He is a portion of the loveliness Which once he made more lovely. He doth bear His part, while the One Spirit's plastic stress...
Page 119 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 119 - LORD is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the LORD, ye that are his saints: for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Page 463 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Page 92 - Sweetly along the Salem road Bloom of orchard and lilac showed. Little the wicked skipper knew Of the fields so green and the sky so blue.
Page 47 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 518 - O bless our God, ye people, And make the voice of His praise to be heard : Which holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Page 92 - Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead! Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, "God has touched him! why should we!