New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 147Henry Colburn, 1870 |
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... thing to make it fairer in my eyes , it wanted Priscilla . In this life , small coincidences often repeat themselves ... things , put on in deference to my profession , that I particularly disliked . To my mind there is something more ...
... thing to make it fairer in my eyes , it wanted Priscilla . In this life , small coincidences often repeat themselves ... things , put on in deference to my profession , that I particularly disliked . To my mind there is something more ...
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... thing that occurred to me , but it was a fearful choker , for there will be no blinds at all ; the stained glass will answer every purpose of softening the light . " " And where did he say that she is ? " I asked , eagerly , quite ...
... thing that occurred to me , but it was a fearful choker , for there will be no blinds at all ; the stained glass will answer every purpose of softening the light . " " And where did he say that she is ? " I asked , eagerly , quite ...
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... thing wears the look of decay . With nature so bountiful , one may be inclined to blame Digby Phillips for leaving his country seat and spending his fortune on what has been to him a barren honour ; but he was brought up with the idea ...
... thing wears the look of decay . With nature so bountiful , one may be inclined to blame Digby Phillips for leaving his country seat and spending his fortune on what has been to him a barren honour ; but he was brought up with the idea ...
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... thing is impossible . " " It's not impossible , as I can show you . But if you can't approve of that argument , I hope you'll study your own interest and think well of the other . As I have already said , the moment you hand me the ...
... thing is impossible . " " It's not impossible , as I can show you . But if you can't approve of that argument , I hope you'll study your own interest and think well of the other . As I have already said , the moment you hand me the ...
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... thing that night , and with but one day , and that Sunday , to become acquainted with it . Ten minutes will tell what I saw within and beyond the walls built round the city she loved by the Saxon Countess Ethelfleda in the early part of ...
... thing that night , and with but one day , and that Sunday , to become acquainted with it . Ten minutes will tell what I saw within and beyond the walls built round the city she loved by the Saxon Countess Ethelfleda in the early part of ...
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Page 367 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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Page 690 - Which through the summer is not heard or seen. As if it could not be, as if it had not been! Thus let thy power, which like the truth Of nature on my passive youth Descended, to my onward life supply Its calm, — to one who worships thee, And every form containing thee.
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Page 145 - Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific— and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
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Page 28 - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
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