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... took his formal assent for self- control . " Unless it's more true , " she accordingly added , " that she has spread them the wider . " He again but formally assented , though , strangely enough , the words fitted an image deep in his ...
... took his formal assent for self- control . " Unless it's more true , " she accordingly added , " that she has spread them the wider . " He again but formally assented , though , strangely enough , the words fitted an image deep in his ...
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... took a few uncer- tain steps , from left to right and from right to left , as though searching for something , as though asking help of the inanimate objects about him , in the solution of his pressing problem . Fi- nally he sat down ...
... took a few uncer- tain steps , from left to right and from right to left , as though searching for something , as though asking help of the inanimate objects about him , in the solution of his pressing problem . Fi- nally he sat down ...
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took place about the same time ; and Elizabeth Elstob , now thirty - two , might have seemed in a fair way to both fame and happiness . But now William Elstob died ; and his death brought to his sister a lot of poverty , loneliness and ...
took place about the same time ; and Elizabeth Elstob , now thirty - two , might have seemed in a fair way to both fame and happiness . But now William Elstob died ; and his death brought to his sister a lot of poverty , loneliness and ...
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... took some long walks and enjoyed the first exceeding ly , found the second very much longer though he did not cover half the dis- tance , and found himself so dull a com- And then he hated coddling in the- ory at all events . Meals in ...
... took some long walks and enjoyed the first exceeding ly , found the second very much longer though he did not cover half the dis- tance , and found himself so dull a com- And then he hated coddling in the- ory at all events . Meals in ...
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... took a jump of ten feet to clear the ditch , and that jump was one of the school tests . A fellow might pass the College of Preceptors and the Oxford and Cambridge Locals , and as many other exams . as he chose to swot for ; but until ...
... took a jump of ten feet to clear the ditch , and that jump was one of the school tests . A fellow might pass the College of Preceptors and the Oxford and Cambridge Locals , and as many other exams . as he chose to swot for ; but until ...
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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.