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... graves of my kindred were all sunk to the hard green level of the natural earth . The old head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could ...
... graves of my kindred were all sunk to the hard green level of the natural earth . The old head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could ...
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... graves had been levelled , and the whole yard dug over , and sown out with new grass . The particular grave which I went to seek was , of course , no more to be found . And the general effect of all this finical uniformity was , that ...
... graves had been levelled , and the whole yard dug over , and sown out with new grass . The particular grave which I went to seek was , of course , no more to be found . And the general effect of all this finical uniformity was , that ...
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... grave and en- thusiastic , impatient of the interference of strangers , steady in their old attachments , and slow in forming new ones . This was already their character when they were roused to oppose the systematic attempts of Edward ...
... grave and en- thusiastic , impatient of the interference of strangers , steady in their old attachments , and slow in forming new ones . This was already their character when they were roused to oppose the systematic attempts of Edward ...
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... grave and thoughtful consideration of grey - headed sires , mingled with the forebodings of old women , and relieved by the inspiration of minstrels , and by the fierce jest and careless farewell of the young warrior , poignant from the ...
... grave and thoughtful consideration of grey - headed sires , mingled with the forebodings of old women , and relieved by the inspiration of minstrels , and by the fierce jest and careless farewell of the young warrior , poignant from the ...
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... grave . Often did the wish to be in America now cross the poor Changeling's heart ; but he dismissed the feeling , and only made for his quarry in the morning with more vehement strides than before . From the baulked wish of years ...
... grave . Often did the wish to be in America now cross the poor Changeling's heart ; but he dismissed the feeling , and only made for his quarry in the morning with more vehement strides than before . From the baulked wish of years ...
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Page 80 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee...
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Page 171 - Nature seemed In silent contemplation to adore Its Maker. Now and then the aged leaf Fell from its fellows, rustling to the ground, And as it fell bade man think on his end.
Page 60 - Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet, in all my life, I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. So fare you well at once; for Brutus...
Page 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 39 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 57 - Amphytrion to the Stage, I heard him give it his first Reading to the Actors, in which, though it is true he deliver'd the plain Sense of every Period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believ'd when I affirm it.
Page 214 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war^/zV for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains...