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... poor wight who claims to be in a sphere above his own native level , without having his claim distinctly allowed . His natural fellows , above whom he aspires to be , hate and laugh at him ; while his am- bitious longings make him no ...
... poor wight who claims to be in a sphere above his own native level , without having his claim distinctly allowed . His natural fellows , above whom he aspires to be , hate and laugh at him ; while his am- bitious longings make him no ...
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... Poor old chaps ! This is the very hysteria of doting method - must I , too , come to this ? Must I , Oh ! must I be - godfather to a flannel button ? Well - a - day ! But I'm not bound to confess more just now than that , when I sit ...
... Poor old chaps ! This is the very hysteria of doting method - must I , too , come to this ? Must I , Oh ! must I be - godfather to a flannel button ? Well - a - day ! But I'm not bound to confess more just now than that , when I sit ...
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... poor old legs of mine ( thrusting out his emaciated members from beneath the bed - clothes ) . Nay , lay hold of them — feel them - so , you must be perfectly convinced in your own mind , now , that I cannot go into the next apartment ...
... poor old legs of mine ( thrusting out his emaciated members from beneath the bed - clothes ) . Nay , lay hold of them — feel them - so , you must be perfectly convinced in your own mind , now , that I cannot go into the next apartment ...
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... poor penitent again fell on his knees , and craved a blessing on the dying man . He was about to retire . 66 Nay , friend , you must help me into my bed first , " said the old gentle- man ; “ it is anything but reasonable that I be ...
... poor penitent again fell on his knees , and craved a blessing on the dying man . He was about to retire . 66 Nay , friend , you must help me into my bed first , " said the old gentle- man ; “ it is anything but reasonable that I be ...
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... poor plasterer was a very miserable one . I have already alluded to our worthy minister . A fine white - headed old man was he , who did not wrangle in Church Courts , but ministered faithfully to his people , and was greatly beloved of ...
... poor plasterer was a very miserable one . I have already alluded to our worthy minister . A fine white - headed old man was he , who did not wrangle in Church Courts , but ministered faithfully to his people , and was greatly beloved of ...
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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...
Page 47 - Fraught with a transient, frozen shower, If a cloud should haply lower, Sailing o'er the landscape dark, Mute on a sudden is the lark ; But when gleams the sun again O'er the pearl-besprinkled plain. And from behind his watery veil Looks through the thin descending hail ; She mounts, and, lessening to the sight, Salutes the blithe return of light, And high her tuneful track pursues Mid the dim rainbow's scatter'd hues.
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...