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... world are great cherishers of it where they find it ; but nothing is capable of forcing it up , where it does not grow of itself . It is one of the blessings of a happy constitution , which education may improve but not produce .
... world are great cherishers of it where they find it ; but nothing is capable of forcing it up , where it does not grow of itself . It is one of the blessings of a happy constitution , which education may improve but not produce .
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They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of their last agonies , and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy ...
They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of their last agonies , and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy ...
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I wished for the wings of an eagle , that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them , except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge .
I wished for the wings of an eagle , that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them , except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge .
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Behold , how fast around me , The new King of the happy ones sublime Has flung the chain he forged , has shamed and bound me ! Woe , woe ! to - day's woe and the coming morrow's I cover with one groan . And where is found me A limit to ...
Behold , how fast around me , The new King of the happy ones sublime Has flung the chain he forged , has shamed and bound me ! Woe , woe ! to - day's woe and the coming morrow's I cover with one groan . And where is found me A limit to ...
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I am very , very happy . I yearned for them so much that I grew ill -- don't you think it was so , mon père ? " “ Hélas , yes ! ” exclaimed Antoine suddenly . “ Let us hasten to those pleasant islands where the palms are waving .
I am very , very happy . I yearned for them so much that I grew ill -- don't you think it was so , mon père ? " “ Hélas , yes ! ” exclaimed Antoine suddenly . “ Let us hasten to those pleasant islands where the palms are waving .
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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