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... hand rising somewhat above the circle , and extending in the same direc- tion . The course of the twist , in each ... hand , or that of which the palm is uppermost , is represented a heart ; and , as the hoops close , the hands slide ...
... hand rising somewhat above the circle , and extending in the same direc- tion . The course of the twist , in each ... hand , or that of which the palm is uppermost , is represented a heart ; and , as the hoops close , the hands slide ...
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... hand she now holds on the troubled blood Of her incensed Lord . Methought the Spirit When he had utter'd his perplext presage , Threw his chang'd countenance headlong into clouds ; His forehead bent , as he would hide his face : He ...
... hand she now holds on the troubled blood Of her incensed Lord . Methought the Spirit When he had utter'd his perplext presage , Threw his chang'd countenance headlong into clouds ; His forehead bent , as he would hide his face : He ...
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... hand she now holds on the troubled blood Of her incensed Lord . Methought the Spirit When he had utter'd his perplext presage , Threw his chang'd countenance headlong into clouds ; His forehead bent , as he would hide his face : He ...
... hand she now holds on the troubled blood Of her incensed Lord . Methought the Spirit When he had utter'd his perplext presage , Threw his chang'd countenance headlong into clouds ; His forehead bent , as he would hide his face : He ...
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... hands upon thine eyes . " And in another place , " The memory of the father is preserved in the son . " Again ... hand to move it silently to peace . " Ovid says , " Ille meos oculos comprimat , ille tuos . " The per- forming this ...
... hands upon thine eyes . " And in another place , " The memory of the father is preserved in the son . " Again ... hand to move it silently to peace . " Ovid says , " Ille meos oculos comprimat , ille tuos . " The per- forming this ...
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... hands upon thine eyes . ' And in another place , memory of the father is preserved in the " The son . " Again ... hand to move it silently to peace . " Ovid says , oculos comprimat , ille tuos . " The per- forming this ceremony ...
... hands upon thine eyes . ' And in another place , memory of the father is preserved in the " The son . " Again ... hand to move it silently to peace . " Ovid says , oculos comprimat , ille tuos . " The per- forming this ceremony ...
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Page 741 - A man may see how this world goes, with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yon' justice rails upon yon' simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: Change places; and, handydandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 393 - It was not their custom to use hostile weapons against their fellow-creatures, for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They...
Page 439 - ... it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Page 441 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 135 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 87 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 563 - Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame.
Page 577 - A tragiccomedy is not so called in respect of mirth and killing, but in respect it wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near it, which is enough to make it no comedy...
Page 63 - And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Page 29 - O a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, , there is a momentary - feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire.