La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5J. Bell, 1808 |
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... night , on the twenty - seventh of October last , I repaired to this vault ; a stone was removed , and the sexton went down , with a torch . I am not superstitious , but I hesitated before I plunged myself into the " narrow house , " of ...
... night , on the twenty - seventh of October last , I repaired to this vault ; a stone was removed , and the sexton went down , with a torch . I am not superstitious , but I hesitated before I plunged myself into the " narrow house , " of ...
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... night ! good night ! A Risot ! the earth totters under me ; my senses are confused ; my life ebbs with each pulsation , and yet the power of Omnipotence seems to detain it - I am with Henrietta . thousand times I ask myself whether I am ...
... night ! good night ! A Risot ! the earth totters under me ; my senses are confused ; my life ebbs with each pulsation , and yet the power of Omnipotence seems to detain it - I am with Henrietta . thousand times I ask myself whether I am ...
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... night s lodging at a decent house , belong - system , but his sensuality was converted into ing to a farmer in the village . The farmer , a respectable old man , received him with the ut most cordiality , and assigned him the best ...
... night s lodging at a decent house , belong - system , but his sensuality was converted into ing to a farmer in the village . The farmer , a respectable old man , received him with the ut most cordiality , and assigned him the best ...
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... nights are generally clear ; during one of them , notwithstanding the extreme bitterness of the cold , young Nelson was miss- îng ; every search that was instantly made after him was in vain , and it was at length ' imagined he was lost ...
... nights are generally clear ; during one of them , notwithstanding the extreme bitterness of the cold , young Nelson was miss- îng ; every search that was instantly made after him was in vain , and it was at length ' imagined he was lost ...
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... night and day by savages , and received no other food than the raw flesh of animals that were killed in the chace , a kind of paste made of maize , some sea - weeds , and oil from the palm - tree . For more than a month these barbarians ...
... night and day by savages , and received no other food than the raw flesh of animals that were killed in the chace , a kind of paste made of maize , some sea - weeds , and oil from the palm - tree . For more than a month these barbarians ...
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Page 133 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
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Page 31 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 30 - As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!
Page 40 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 40 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 33 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own, and raptures swell the note. The bounding steed you pompously bestride, Shares with his lord the pleasure and the pride. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain ? The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain.
Page 40 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins Heaven and Earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, • All end in love of God, and love of man.