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... tion where social order was becoming regular and settled , the wise men turned their minds to devise guarantees stronger than mere yes and no . Thus the ordeal and the oath were introduced , that wrong doing should not be concealed or ...
... tion where social order was becoming regular and settled , the wise men turned their minds to devise guarantees stronger than mere yes and no . Thus the ordeal and the oath were introduced , that wrong doing should not be concealed or ...
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... tion , or promise , or covenant , however formal . For example , the covenant by grasping hands is not in itself an oath , nor is even that widespread ancient ceremony of entering into a bond of brotherhood by the two parties mixing ...
... tion , or promise , or covenant , however formal . For example , the covenant by grasping hands is not in itself an oath , nor is even that widespread ancient ceremony of entering into a bond of brotherhood by the two parties mixing ...
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... tion of the Deity is made , " So help me God ! " or " So help you God ! " Many a modern Englishman puzzles over this obscure form of words . When the question is asked what the meaning of the oath is , the official interpretation ...
... tion of the Deity is made , " So help me God ! " or " So help you God ! " Many a modern Englishman puzzles over this obscure form of words . When the question is asked what the meaning of the oath is , the official interpretation ...
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... tion , I presume ? " " Why , yes , " said Sir Acton , rather staggered by the directness of the question , and also by the calm observant look of those singularly bright and in- telligent eyes . " The young man saw me- -that nonsense ...
... tion , I presume ? " " Why , yes , " said Sir Acton , rather staggered by the directness of the question , and also by the calm observant look of those singularly bright and in- telligent eyes . " The young man saw me- -that nonsense ...
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... tion of the adjoining mountains , the nearest of which is separated from the garden by a wire fence to keep out rabbits . The garden , I should have said , goes all round the side of the knoll ; the borders of the various plots are ...
... tion of the adjoining mountains , the nearest of which is separated from the garden by a wire fence to keep out rabbits . The garden , I should have said , goes all round the side of the knoll ; the borders of the various plots are ...
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Page 350 - Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 443 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 407 - t shall do so for thee. Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see: And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee. Bid me despair, and I'll despair Under that cypress tree: Or bid me die, and I will dare E'en death to die for thee. Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me: And hast command of every part, To live and die for thee.
Page 58 - When the Sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea?" "O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the Heavenly host crying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty".
Page 443 - So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 459 - They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord...
Page 333 - MORTE D'ARTHUR. So all day long the noise of battle rolled Among the mountains by the winter sea ; Until King Arthur's table, man by man, Had fallen in Lyonness about their Lord, King Arthur : then, because his wound was deep The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, Sir Bedivere, the last of all his knights, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on...
Page 41 - MADAM, — If I interpret your letter right. you are ignominiously married : if it is yet undone, let us once more talk together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief.
Page 478 - I returned to Brussels after Aunt's death against my conscience — prompted by what then seemed an irresistible impulse — I was punished for my selfish folly by a total withdrawal for more than two year[s] of happiness and peace of mind* — I could hardly expect success if I were to err again in.
Page 327 - Des succès fortunés du spectacle tragique Dans Athènes naquit la Comédie antique. Là le Grec, né moqueur, par mille jeux plaisants Distilla le venin de ses traits médisants. Aux accès insolents d'une bouffonne joie La sagesse, l'esprit, l'honneur, furent en proie.