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... - The leading figure , ' twas very plain , Was followed by several Os . Oh , who can tell of the schemes that flew Through his head , as the treasure met his view , And he knew that again his note was good ? 16 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
... - The leading figure , ' twas very plain , Was followed by several Os . Oh , who can tell of the schemes that flew Through his head , as the treasure met his view , And he knew that again his note was good ? 16 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
Page 55
... knew must now be near at hand . We descended , therefore , and resumed our course , anxiously , it is true , but with few of the serious misgivings which had beset us at Caridad . The path wound around the base of El Volcan , on the ...
... knew must now be near at hand . We descended , therefore , and resumed our course , anxiously , it is true , but with few of the serious misgivings which had beset us at Caridad . The path wound around the base of El Volcan , on the ...
Page 69
... knew that it was a living scene of terror . Doubt less much of this startling effect was the result of association , the agitation of anx- iety , the influence of the impressive text , the suddenness of the apparition , the un- usual ...
... knew that it was a living scene of terror . Doubt less much of this startling effect was the result of association , the agitation of anx- iety , the influence of the impressive text , the suddenness of the apparition , the un- usual ...
Page 81
... knew his client better than his client knew himself ; he conceived him as an actor conceives char- acter , and , in a great measure , saw with his eyes from his point of view , and , in the argument of his case , gave clear ex- pression ...
... knew his client better than his client knew himself ; he conceived him as an actor conceives char- acter , and , in a great measure , saw with his eyes from his point of view , and , in the argument of his case , gave clear ex- pression ...
Page 83
... knew , as the casual spectator could not know , how systematically he was arguing while he was also vehemently enforcing his case . He , meanwhile , knew his twelve men , and what arguments , appeals , and illus- trations were needed to ...
... knew , as the casual spectator could not know , how systematically he was arguing while he was also vehemently enforcing his case . He , meanwhile , knew his twelve men , and what arguments , appeals , and illus- trations were needed to ...
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Page 355 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I' try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 355 - HOUR. BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
Page 69 - Sit, worthy friends : — my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth : pray you, keep seat ; The fit is momentary ; upon a...
Page 291 - With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Page 389 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 355 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...
Page 491 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 137 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 355 - I hear in the chamber above me • The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by surprise.
Page 230 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...