I beheld his body, half wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it was which arises from hone deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years, the western breeze had not... The graduated series of reading-lesson books - Page 24by Graduated series - 1859Full view - About this book
| John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pages
...useful citizen and a right good man when he was asleep. In thirty years the western breeze had not fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. I now solemnly declare, that, so far as personal happiness is concerned, I would infinitely prefer... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 360 pages
...supremacy, of the Grecian republics, or the empire of Rome? In thirty years the western breeze had not fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. The people lifted up their voices, and blessed the good St. Nicholas ; and, from that time forth, the... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...republics, or the empire of Rome ? In thirty years the western breeze had not fanned his blood: ho had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time; nor had...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. The people lifted up their voices, and blessed the good St. Nicho las; and, from that time foi th,... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 474 pages
...expectation and confinement, and felt wha* kind of sickness of the heart it is which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and...feverish. In thirty years the western breeze had not fanned his blood. He had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time ; nor had the voice of friend or kinsman... | |
| John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 pages
...picture. ation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it was, which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer; I saw him pale and...friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice. His children—but here my heart began to bleed— and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait;... | |
| 1858 - 652 pages
...look at him through the grated door of his cell, where for 'thirty years the western breeze had not fanned his blood. He had seen no sun, no moon, in...of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice.' When evil is thus individualized, one feels more intensely its crushing wrongs. "We have in this Memoir... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 pages
...expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it is, which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and...not once fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no rnoon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice. His children... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 pages
...expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it was which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer I saw him pale and feverish:...thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood—he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time—nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years 5 the western breeze had not once fanned his blood —...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. 10 He was sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, which... | |
| James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it is which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and...through his lattice. His children But here my heart hegan to bleed — and I was forced to go on with another pa'rt of the portrait. He was sitting upon... | |
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