Sixty Years Hence: A Novel, 3. köideT.C. Newby, 1848 |
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Page 142
... followed step by step the process of his predecessor's thoughts . One by one he dis- covered and connected the missing links of his own imperfect knowledge , till , by degrees , the secrets of the galvanist were revealed . Tempest had ...
... followed step by step the process of his predecessor's thoughts . One by one he dis- covered and connected the missing links of his own imperfect knowledge , till , by degrees , the secrets of the galvanist were revealed . Tempest had ...
Page 173
... followed the names of the conspirators . Invective , looking keenly at John Cash , hesitated before he read aloud the first upon the list . " Speak out , " said the old man , " the first bears my own name . " " The first is Eustatius ...
... followed the names of the conspirators . Invective , looking keenly at John Cash , hesitated before he read aloud the first upon the list . " Speak out , " said the old man , " the first bears my own name . " " The first is Eustatius ...
Page 188
... followed this ominous mishap . It was first interrupted by the Lady Floranthe who said with feigned assurance : " Nothing can be more propitious , the glass was full - a noble libation on your own hearth to your success . ' At this ...
... followed this ominous mishap . It was first interrupted by the Lady Floranthe who said with feigned assurance : " Nothing can be more propitious , the glass was full - a noble libation on your own hearth to your success . ' At this ...
Page 216
... followed a fresh struggle , a piercing cry - more blows , and then a solemn silence succeeded to the death rattle . John Cash was dead . Not all the incalculable sums he had hoarded --- not all the wealth wrung from man- kind's ...
... followed a fresh struggle , a piercing cry - more blows , and then a solemn silence succeeded to the death rattle . John Cash was dead . Not all the incalculable sums he had hoarded --- not all the wealth wrung from man- kind's ...
Page 235
... followed , into the centre of the square . " Now listen ! " said Tempest . " Hence- forward you must do my bidding . The guilt and baseness of mankind first entailed on man obedience to his fellow man . Your own now retributively binds ...
... followed , into the centre of the square . " Now listen ! " said Tempest . " Hence- forward you must do my bidding . The guilt and baseness of mankind first entailed on man obedience to his fellow man . Your own now retributively binds ...
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Page 245 - ... that every man has a right to do what he likes with his own ; and the side of the river adjoining
Page 134 - ... tent to shelter him. At length they came in sight of the intrenched camp of the enemy, comprising a force of 30,000 men. Here took place what is called the battle of the Pyramids, in the beginning of which Bonaparte addressed the soldiers in that striking apostrophe which has been so often quoted : " From the summits of those pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you.