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" And thus passed the student's life ; perhaps its monotony and dulaess required less compassion than they received ; no man can judge of the happiness of another. As the moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one... "
Eugene Aram: A Tale - Page 47
by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832
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The Wonders of Geology, Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological ..., Volume 2

Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 372 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity,...the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for although the rays that meet not our eyes, seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an equal...
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The Wonders of Geology, Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological ..., Volume 2

Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 388 pages
...to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving , • Bulwer. the rest in comparative obscurity, yet all the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for although the rays that meet not our eyes, seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an equal...
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The Philosophy of Necessity: Or, The Law of Consequences; as ..., Volume 1

Charles Bray - 1841 - 326 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity: yet all the while she is no niggard of her lustre—for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet...
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The philosophy of necessity, or, The law of consequences: as applicable to ...

Charles Bray - 1841 - 694 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity: yet all the while she is no niggard of her lustre—for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet...
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The Wonders of Geology: Or A Familiar Exposition of Geological ..., Volume 2

Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1848 - 478 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity,...the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for although the rays that meet not our eyes, seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an equal...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 35

1850 - 818 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favor with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity,...all the while she is no niggard in her lustre ; for although the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an unfavoring...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 35

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 570 pages
...the rest in comparative obscurity, yet all the while she is no niggard in her lustre ; for although the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an unfavoring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave ; even so, perhaps, happiness falls with the same...
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William Hogarth's Own Joe Miller: Or, Quips, Cranks, Jokes, and Squibs of ...

Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 pages
...moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity...the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an equal and unfavouring...
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Stone's [afterw.] Dew's household almanack and year book of useful knowledge

1861 - 214 pages
...plays upon the waves, and seems, to our eyes, to favour with a peculiar beam one lone track amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity,...her lustre ; for though the rays that meet not our eves seem to us us though they were not, yet, with an equal and unfavouring loveliness, she mirrors...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 29-30

1861 - 790 pages
...peculiar beam, one long tract amidst the waters, leaving the rest in comparative obscurity ; yet all this while she is no niggard in her lustre : for though the rays which meet not our eyes, seem to us as though they were not, yet, she, with an equal and unfavouring...
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