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... walk , where lovers stroll by moon- light , and where , when a gleam of sunshine breaks forth , in autumn or spring , you may behold the elders of the place , the very three - legged figures with which Edipos non - plussed the ...
... walk , where lovers stroll by moon- light , and where , when a gleam of sunshine breaks forth , in autumn or spring , you may behold the elders of the place , the very three - legged figures with which Edipos non - plussed the ...
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... walk . The first group consisted of some half dozen of the tall Misses Griffiths escorted by Major Powis , whose weasle visage had been grilled by the sun of Bengal , which had helped also to grizzle his huge whiskers and moustachios ...
... walk . The first group consisted of some half dozen of the tall Misses Griffiths escorted by Major Powis , whose weasle visage had been grilled by the sun of Bengal , which had helped also to grizzle his huge whiskers and moustachios ...
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... walk by a full hour , in order that they might enjoy the pleasure of announcing the fact to their friends at home , and of comparing their hypotheses with those of their neighbours . The captain's wife carried the intelli- gence to the ...
... walk by a full hour , in order that they might enjoy the pleasure of announcing the fact to their friends at home , and of comparing their hypotheses with those of their neighbours . The captain's wife carried the intelli- gence to the ...
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... walking to and fro on the cliff - side . Next morn- ing , they set out early to join the lady ; but having ridden several miles , returned again ; for what reason he was unable to state , as Colonel Mildmay had not explained . They did ...
... walking to and fro on the cliff - side . Next morn- ing , they set out early to join the lady ; but having ridden several miles , returned again ; for what reason he was unable to state , as Colonel Mildmay had not explained . They did ...
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... walking in the fields by moon - light alone , when her husband was on his travels , she has beheld him hastening along the path to meet her ; but that growing dimmer and dimmer as he advanced , the whole figure , at length , melted into ...
... walking in the fields by moon - light alone , when her husband was on his travels , she has beheld him hastening along the path to meet her ; but that growing dimmer and dimmer as he advanced , the whole figure , at length , melted into ...
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Page 174 - ... was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome— then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 62 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 294 - END OF VOL. I. LONDON : Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.
Page 54 - And when the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour.
Page 205 - It consists of lead 8G.r> to sulphur 13.5 in the hundred parts. Its value is much enhanced by the silver it carries, which varies from 30 to 56 ounces for the ton of 2,000 pounds of the galena. Besides the above, the components of the mine are ores of iron, ores of zinc, ores...
Page 147 - And he was about to suit the action to the word, when Pierre Ponce laid hold of him. " Vat ! vill you break your neck dis blessed night? Come after me I tell you; or, stay, you shall pass and go first.
Page 169 - It was now between one and two o'clock in the morning, and not a carriage or truck could be found in the streets.
Page 65 - ... the indictment, so as to give due notice to the accused that this statutory charge also was to be preferred against him. I say I should, as a lawyer, have expected this. But the question with which we have to deal is not what might have been or should have been, but what the Legislature has expressly enacted.
Page 213 - The patient who succeeded, was lying above the clothes fast asleep, with his feet upon the pillow, and his head towards the foot of the bed.
Page 26 - For himself he was on the point of being married to a lady of considerable fortune...