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Page 17
The moment was come when forces any longer lay before that object of fact and
probability had returned to reign his hopes . " He had even begun in the over
them , shutting their ears to all aplightness of his heart to consider the ques-
peals .
The moment was come when forces any longer lay before that object of fact and
probability had returned to reign his hopes . " He had even begun in the over
them , shutting their ears to all aplightness of his heart to consider the ques-
peals .
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Proceeding on your pleasant ind twittering at almost the wind , the chances are
that you make a at all , because he was o but when he reflected eir sedgy covert ,
or voyage , many an uncommon object will arwho suffered to it . Pike of a score ...
Proceeding on your pleasant ind twittering at almost the wind , the chances are
that you make a at all , because he was o but when he reflected eir sedgy covert ,
or voyage , many an uncommon object will arwho suffered to it . Pike of a score ...
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More than half a cen- the orb which is represented by Mr. tury , indeed , appears
to have passed , after Browning's globe- is the only object in the invention of the
telescope , before anythe whole heavens which is known to ex- thing was ...
More than half a cen- the orb which is represented by Mr. tury , indeed , appears
to have passed , after Browning's globe- is the only object in the invention of the
telescope , before anythe whole heavens which is known to ex- thing was ...
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... precisely those which enable us tant an object as the planet Mars . And by to
assign to them their real importance . a singular accident Herschel was not even
It is well known that Mr. Dawes was averse successful in determining the rotation
...
... precisely those which enable us tant an object as the planet Mars . And by to
assign to them their real importance . a singular accident Herschel was not even
It is well known that Mr. Dawes was averse successful in determining the rotation
...
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Day by day the girl's fancy in- which they lived , and partly by the local vested the
object of her love with those at- reports of the institution . Such visits caused
tributes which in its purity and romantic Alice no embarrassment . With her usual
...
Day by day the girl's fancy in- which they lived , and partly by the local vested the
object of her love with those at- reports of the institution . Such visits caused
tributes which in its purity and romantic Alice no embarrassment . With her usual
...
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Page 286 - That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 451 - The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
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Page 199 - Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Page 80 - Sin has educated Donatello, and elevated him. Is Sin, then — which we deem such a dreadful blackness in the universe — is it, like Sorrow, merely an element of human education, through which we struggle to a higher and purer state than we could otherwise have attained? Did Adam fall, that we might ultimately rise to a far loftier paradise than his?
Page 451 - Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.