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... dark heads and white horns swimming through the current ; we should have swarmed round the Doctor , when he came in and brought a gust behind him , with warm slippers and dressing - gown , and cheeriest sym- pathy and comfort , till we ...
... dark heads and white horns swimming through the current ; we should have swarmed round the Doctor , when he came in and brought a gust behind him , with warm slippers and dressing - gown , and cheeriest sym- pathy and comfort , till we ...
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... dark field everywhere tossing and sink- ing with jets and sprays and flying falls of foam , and now and then some giant of a chance wave looming like a phan- tom , and powdering itself in mist up- on the eager wind . If , beside all ...
... dark field everywhere tossing and sink- ing with jets and sprays and flying falls of foam , and now and then some giant of a chance wave looming like a phan- tom , and powdering itself in mist up- on the eager wind . If , beside all ...
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... dark face , and in the eyes , which were not often raised , but which , when they were lifted , let out a sheet of dar- ing light . There was some spirit that brooked no questioning in the haughty curl of his upper lip , which would ...
... dark face , and in the eyes , which were not often raised , but which , when they were lifted , let out a sheet of dar- ing light . There was some spirit that brooked no questioning in the haughty curl of his upper lip , which would ...
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... dark with anger and now be bright with joy the forehead looked perfect- ly calm and impassive . So strongly did it contrast with the tanned tint of the face below , that one could not see the fine texture of the skin , and the white ...
... dark with anger and now be bright with joy the forehead looked perfect- ly calm and impassive . So strongly did it contrast with the tanned tint of the face below , that one could not see the fine texture of the skin , and the white ...
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... dark it may be , the people still say that " this is nothing " to what they can do in the way of darkness . It was with irrepressible exultation , that one of the young gentlemen of the press assured us that he had been three weeks wait ...
... dark it may be , the people still say that " this is nothing " to what they can do in the way of darkness . It was with irrepressible exultation , that one of the young gentlemen of the press assured us that he had been three weeks wait ...
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Page 56 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike; And like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 226 - The question fairly stated is, Has the Constitution delegated to Congress the power to coerce a State into submission which is attempting to withdraw or has actually withdrawn from the Confederacy?
Page 385 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet: The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall : The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call : The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Page 482 - That hereafter, in this State, there shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ; and all persons held to service or labor as slaves are hereby declared free.
Page 555 - Little improvement can be expected in morality until the producing large families is regarded with the same feelings as drunkenness or any other physical excess. But while the aristocracy and clergy are foremost to set the example of this kind of incontinence, what can be expected from the poor?
Page 609 - sa narrow ridge in the graveyard Would scarce stay a child in his race, But to me and my thought it is wider Than the star-sown vague of Space.
Page 108 - If ever I should have a biographer, he ought to make great mention of this chamber in my memoirs, because so much of my lonely youth was wasted here, and here my mind and character were formed; and here I have been glad and hopeful, and here I have been despondent.
Page 286 - The number was not so great as we expected; and tho' they had been of great use, yet some inconveniences occurring for want of due care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for a subscription library.
Page 370 - He scarce believes he's older for his years. Thus, at life's latest eve, we keep in store One disappointment sure, to crown the rest; The disappointment of a promis'd hour.
Page 610 - Communion in spirit! Forgive me, But I, who am earthy and weak, Would give all my incomes from dreamland For a touch of her hand on my cheek. That little shoe in the corner, So worn and wrinkled and brown, With its emptiness confutes you, And argues your wisdom down.