Blackwood's Magazine, 81. köideW. Blackwood., 1857 |
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... stand up on the seat during the psalms or the singing . And the singing was no mechani- cal aflair of official routine ; it had a drama . As the moment of psalmody approached , by some process to me as mysterious and untraceable as the ...
... stand up on the seat during the psalms or the singing . And the singing was no mechani- cal aflair of official routine ; it had a drama . As the moment of psalmody approached , by some process to me as mysterious and untraceable as the ...
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... stand single - handed and sum- mon it to surrender . We read , in- deed , that the walls of Jericho fell down before the sound of trumpets ; but we nowhere hear that those trumpets were hoarse and feeble . Doubtless they were trumpets ...
... stand single - handed and sum- mon it to surrender . We read , in- deed , that the walls of Jericho fell down before the sound of trumpets ; but we nowhere hear that those trumpets were hoarse and feeble . Doubtless they were trumpets ...
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... stand Upon the hall - step of her country - house To give me welcome . She stood straight and calm , Her somewhat narrow forehead braided tight As if for taming accidental thoughts From possible pulses ; brown hair pricked with grey ...
... stand Upon the hall - step of her country - house To give me welcome . She stood straight and calm , Her somewhat narrow forehead braided tight As if for taming accidental thoughts From possible pulses ; brown hair pricked with grey ...
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... stand in strong contrast to each other . Romney is a Social- ist , bent on devoting himself to the regeneration of mankind , and the improvement of the condition of the Theme was ripe , fect the schemes of Fourier and working classes ...
... stand in strong contrast to each other . Romney is a Social- ist , bent on devoting himself to the regeneration of mankind , and the improvement of the condition of the Theme was ripe , fect the schemes of Fourier and working classes ...
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... stand up bare , Make fewer singers , haply . No one sings , Descending Sinai : on Parnassus mount , You take a mule to climb , and not a muse , Except in fable and figure : forests chant Their anthems to themselves , and leave you dumb ...
... stand up bare , Make fewer singers , haply . No one sings , Descending Sinai : on Parnassus mount , You take a mule to climb , and not a muse , Except in fable and figure : forests chant Their anthems to themselves , and leave you dumb ...
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