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... with equal Ignorance and Boldness . " The more she thought of this ignorance and bold- ness , the fiercer and more forcible she became . " These Gentlemen's ill Treat- ment of our Mother Tongue has led me into a An Old World Governess . 29.
... with equal Ignorance and Boldness . " The more she thought of this ignorance and bold- ness , the fiercer and more forcible she became . " These Gentlemen's ill Treat- ment of our Mother Tongue has led me into a An Old World Governess . 29.
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... thought to be above doing any Commendable Work proper for my Sex , for I have continually in my thoughts the Glorious Charac- ter of a Virtuous Woman . ' She seeketh Wool and Flax and work- eth willing with her hand . ' And as an ...
... thought to be above doing any Commendable Work proper for my Sex , for I have continually in my thoughts the Glorious Charac- ter of a Virtuous Woman . ' She seeketh Wool and Flax and work- eth willing with her hand . ' And as an ...
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... thought of it before . Duncombe was a man of some conse- quence in the outside world . Among other things , he edited a weekly paper of large circulation , religious tenden- cies , and considerable influence . The inch of blue pencil he ...
... thought of it before . Duncombe was a man of some conse- quence in the outside world . Among other things , he edited a weekly paper of large circulation , religious tenden- cies , and considerable influence . The inch of blue pencil he ...
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... thought of the high doings of the more fortunate ones , most of which they would hear all about later on , and not by any means diminished in the telling , I warrant you . It is of one such time I want to tell you here . Jack Carey was ...
... thought of the high doings of the more fortunate ones , most of which they would hear all about later on , and not by any means diminished in the telling , I warrant you . It is of one such time I want to tell you here . Jack Carey was ...
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... thoughts should run towards the wall and the leap as inevitably as water to a fall . Ordinarily one fell into the ditch ... thought to himself how very kind she was , and he did not notice how her hand shook as she poured it out . After ...
... thoughts should run towards the wall and the leap as inevitably as water to a fall . Ordinarily one fell into the ditch ... thought to himself how very kind she was , and he did not notice how her hand shook as she poured it out . After ...
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Page 161 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 362 - And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 325 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 362 - And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 184 - Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage, Life's struggle having so far reached its term: Thence shall I pass, approved A man, for aye removed From the developed brute; a God though in the germ.
Page 687 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 427 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want...
Page 360 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 315 - He is a man speaking to men — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind...
Page 692 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.